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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That's why state attempts to protect a fetus--or "unborn person," as Missouri now mandates--are really attempts to interfere with women's control over their bodies...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: "My Fetus Pleads the Fifth" | 8/15/1989 | See Source »

...foreign policy has been sharply constrained by its inability to react adequately to the terrorist actions used by radical Arab organizations--and nations--as a tool of diplomatic leverage. During the dark days of the Carter Administration, airplane hijackings and hostage-takings effectively paralyzed a president too pacifistic to protect his own citizens...

Author: By Garrett A. Price iii, | Title: Democracy Is Not Impotency | 8/8/1989 | See Source »

Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled six weeks ago that torching an American flag is a constitutionally protected form of speech, politicians have stampeded to show off their patriotic fealty to Old Glory. Last week the House Judiciary Committee approved a Democratic proposal that would make setting fire to the Stars and Stripes a federal crime punishable by a year in prison. The measure could run into opposition from other Congressmen who think that nothing short of a constitutional amendment will serve to protect the flag from fiery desecration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Flag The Burning Question | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

...means of thwarting the unflagging zeal of those who might enjoy seeing the flag go up in flames may be at hand. Servpro Industries of Gallatin, Tenn., a residential and commercial cleaning franchiser, is offering to fireproof its customers' flags by spraying them with a flame retardant guaranteed to protect cloth from temperatures of more than 3,000 degrees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Flag The Burning Question | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

...trout spawned nearly everywhere, killing and eating the fish were a more common reward for the catch. But a generation raised on conservation ethics is releasing fish to reproduce and perhaps be caught again. Our atavistic selves relish the hunt, but our better natures understand the need to protect what we cherish. Fly-fishing lets us do both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Zen and The Art of Fly-Fishing | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

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