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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In its narrowest terms, the Reagan record allows Bush to run as the candidate of peace and prosperity. Whether it is Soviet troops withdrawing in disarray from Afghanistan or a leader in the Kremlin who wants, in Reaganite fashion, to get the commissars off the backs of productive enterprise, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Republicans The Torch Is Passed | 8/22/1988 | See Source »

If Hussein's patience was already strained, the summit in Algiers pushed it to the snapping point. During the three-day meeting, Hussein, whose government spends up to $70 million annually on administration in the West Bank, appealed to Arab leaders to honor past financial commitments, as well as new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Goodbye to All That | 8/15/1988 | See Source »

The sound of collapsing banks has echoed through the depressed Texas oil fields for two years now, but the crash heard last week was the loudest of all. Federal regulators disclosed that they would pledge $4 billion to rescue Dallas-based First RepublicBank (assets: $32.5 billion), the state's largest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: A $4 Billion Texas Bailout | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

Just what are the Republicans accusing the Democrats of in this term liberal? Of Social Security? Of Medicare? Of farm price supports? Of civil rights? Of programs to clean up the environment? Of friendly relations with the Soviets? It's precisely because George Bush has no quarrel with the essence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Hypocrisy and the L Word | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

College officials said they also oppose theprovisions of the legislation requiring employeesto sign statements that they will not use drugs onthe job. They questioned the legality of such astipulation, saying that a pledge might poseconstitutional problems if the courts interpretedit as requiring self-incrimination.

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: House Anti-Drug Measure Could Affect Student Aid | 7/29/1988 | See Source »

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