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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gift" from the West as much as a concession from the East. After years of presidential rhetoric decrying the artificial German division (from Kennedy through Reagan), U.S. officials have almost no choice but to support reunification. The people agree--a recent New York Times poll showed that over two-thirds of Americans think favorably of reunification. If it were only a matter of U.S. agreement, one Germany would be a done deal...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: A Reunification Primer | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

Friedan was rebuked at first for backtracking, for consorting with the enemy. But slowly her view has prevailed. Asked to select the most important goal for the women's movement today, participants in the TIME/CNN poll rated "helping women balance work and family" as No. 1. Second was "getting government funding for programs such as child care and maternity leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Onward, Women! | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

Even more surprising, the poll indicated that more than one-third of undergraduates have not had a romantic relationship at Harvard...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Romance at Harvard? Yeah, Right. | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

Wrong. A recent poll of University of Maryland students revealed that 90 percent had sex during their first year in college. The Harvard Independent's surveys, in contrast, show that about half of Harvard students are still virgins...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Romance at Harvard? Yeah, Right. | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

...novelty: most postwar Japanese thinkers, obsessed with war guilt and appreciative of America's magnanimity during and after the Occupation, have largely preferred a cautious, indirect approach when writing about relations with the U.S. But the new assertiveness shown by Ishihara intrigues many Japanese citizens: in a recent poll, his name placed third among likely candidates for the prime ministership. Many political insiders feel he is too controversial to get the top job. But Ishihara himself insists that "Japan needs a leader who can say yes or no clearly," as he told TIME's Seiichi Kanise in the following interview...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ideas: Teaching Japan to Say No | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

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