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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although the homeless are not visibly numerous in Harvard Square, their presence is clearly felt. There are, for instance, the men who stay on the grating next to Holyoke Center on Holyoke Street. While their constant pleas for charity may initially cause you to give money, if you pass by...

Author: By Suk Han, | Title: The Homeless and Our Guilt | 2/18/1989 | See Source »

Whatever his personal beliefs, Governor Roemer will make that decision in a political framework. Beyond grappling with the haunting question "Did he do it?," the Governor will, inescapably, weigh the political fallout either way he goes. Once again, a capital case and a person's fate will be determined by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Politicians, Voters and Voltage | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

Despite pleas for calm from his widow Coretta Scott King, blacks throughout urban America turned to violence. "When white America killed Dr. King, she declared war," said radical Stokely Carmichael. The nation's cities -- at least 125 in 28 states -- caught fire. Washington, Chicago, Baltimore and Kansas City, were hardest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Race | 2/2/1989 | See Source »

BEHIND most of these pleas for greater inclusion and sensitivity lies the possibility for us to find our commonality. But too often, both because of the manner in which the challenge is presented, and in the way in which we respond to it, it only leads to further division--the...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: A Parting Shot | 2/1/1989 | See Source »

Previous Inaugural calls for bipartisanship were almost always exclusively pleas for a unified American front in foreign affairs. Bush's seemed aimed primarily at domestic fiscal policy. "We need compromise," he said. "We need harmony . . . The people await action. They did not send us here to bicker . . . Let us negotiate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George Bush: A New Breeze Is Blowing | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

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