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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this season of the character issue, nothing appears to stick to Robertson and Jackson. They could be called the Teflon Twins of post-Reagan politics, unabashed and unapologetic about intemperate statements, personality flaws and boastful exaggerations on their resumes. Robertson and Jackson remain carefree riders on the political roller coaster, rarely having to worry about the bumps and twists that have buffeted Gary Hart, Joseph Biden and Michael Dukakis. As other candidates pepper their rivals with grapeshot, these two preacher- politicians continue to have immunity from all but the most tepid criticism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Teflon Twins of 1988 | 1/11/1988 | See Source »

Even in a world swollen with weapons, chemical arms remain among the most horrible agents of war. Contact with one droplet of nerve gas can send a person into sweats and uncontrollable vomiting, followed by paralysis and death by asphyxiation. The chlorine and "mustard" gases used by Germany during World War I were considered so monstrous that in 1925 the world's major nations drew up an international protocol to ban their use. In 1969 Richard Nixon unilaterally halted U.S. production of chemical weapons, calling their use "repugnant to the conscience of mankind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toward A Nerve-Gas Arms Race | 1/11/1988 | See Source »

...MOMENT, the union is persisting in its drive to keep Harvard from launching an anti-union campaign, circulating petitions asking the University to remain neutral...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Issues, not Power | 1/8/1988 | See Source »

This is an absurd proposition. Harvard cannot be expected to remain neutral on this issue, especially one which will affect every aspect of the University. It has a right and a responsibility to present its point of view to the public, just as the union has a right and a responsibility to express its arguments...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Issues, not Power | 1/8/1988 | See Source »

...remain dedicated to avoiding a strike. On the other hand, we cannot have peace at any price," Yale University Secretary Sheila W. Wellington said...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Yale Negotiations Slow; Strike Looms | 1/8/1988 | See Source »

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