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When strikes deteriorate into shoot-outs and slugfests, little hope for rational compromise remains. Even as he prepared to resume talks with Greyhound's unions over the weekend, company Chairman Fred Currey accused them of "violence, terrorism and intimidation" and said he expected little progress. Bitter face-offs between management...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor Draws An Empty Gun | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

"I think it's important that clear-minded rational individuals be in a good position to defend the country," Coleman says. "I want to be trained to lead troops...to have a moral command."

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: Defending Their Country, and Reputation | 3/19/1990 | See Source »

If doctors and nurses are uncomfortable about withholding food and water, they are profoundly uneasy about actively assisting a suicide. Yet a seemingly / inexorable logic enters the picture: once it is acceptable to stand by and allow a patient to die slowly, why is it not more merciful to end...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethics: Love and Let Die | 3/19/1990 | See Source »

Fortunately for these conservative hatchlings, Peninsula will save them from the deadly "quagmire" of rational debate.

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: March: A Thaw Deal | 3/17/1990 | See Source »

. I do not row because I suffer from a mental illness. I am a rational and chemically-balanced individual. I laugh at funny jokes and weep for mistreated baby seals and veal calves.

Author: By Kenneth A. Katz, | Title: Row, Row, Row Your Boat | 3/17/1990 | See Source »

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