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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though Reagan may pull a few local legislators into office on his coattails, the Republicans will need a more permanent boost to break out of their decade-long doldrums. Despite the Republican Party's strong pro-business stance, the corporate money in Massachusetts is going to the Democrats...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Why the Democrats Rule the State | 9/17/1984 | See Source »

...government," declared Mordechai Virshubski of the small Shinui Party. "It's a constitutional catastrophe." Several of the small parties in the Knesset have agreed to support the coalition. But the far left and the far right oppose the plan, and Mapam, a tiny leftist party, has threatened to pull its six members out of the Labor alignment if the unity government is formed. But the majority of Knesset members probably agreed with outgoing Transport Minister Haim Corfu, who noted, "Labor and Likud are not getting together because they want to, but because of the difficult reality posed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel: Unity at Last | 9/17/1984 | See Source »

...expected that the other nations involved in the mine-sweeping will also pull out shortly. Who laid the mines? Most speculation centers on Libya, partly because of the circuitous route of a Libyan cargo ship that lingered in the waters for two weeks in early July. Another mystery is also puzzling naval experts: If no mines have been recovered, why have there been no explosions for more than three weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: A Sweeping Conclusion | 9/17/1984 | See Source »

...American Savings before F.C.A. bought the thrift in 1983. Popejoy will have no time to ease into his new job. F.C.A. reported on Aug. 15 that it has certificates of deposit worth about $15 billion that mature by the end of September. Popejoy must quickly convince investors not to pull out all that money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Savings And Loans: A Flamboyant Executive Exits | 9/10/1984 | See Source »

...about the 1820s, when his people first came to Texas. Land was grabbed up at 10? an acre. Now the new entrepreneurs occupy office buildings instead of ranges. But there is more than that to Dallas. People are taken at face value here, he said, "as long as they pull their own oar." Clements pulled his own oar. He built up an oil-drilling business called Sedco. The Sedco building is not a shiny tower but a set of refurbished woody offices housed in the shell of the first brick school in Dallas. The books that surrounded him were part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tell Me, What Was It Like? | 9/3/1984 | See Source »

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