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Humble as these moments are, they are our epiphanies. They deliver us belatedly from the cruel satirical embrace of Sinclair Lewis, the last Minnesota author anyone paid attention to, and, perhaps, restore to us our humanity. Hard to fly over us uncomprehendingly after you have read Garrison Keillor. Epiphanies? Did...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Just A Few Minutes of Bliss LEAVING HOME | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

"I've never been a quitter," said the Rev. Jerry Falwell, choking back tears. But quitter he was last week, exhausted by unending financial woes and attacks from believers who opposed his rule at the PTL Christian conglomerate. The final straw was a decision by Federal Bankruptcy Judge Rufus Reynolds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Falwell Throws In the Towel | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

It was not the first time that this trio of contentious Kims had faced off in the political arena. The three vied for the presidency in 1980, during the flowering of political freedom that followed Park's assassination in 1979. But as that campaign heated up and demonstrations against the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea: Kim Out, Kim Out, Whoever You Are | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

Student distaste--expressed in a meeting last week--for orange grass and impatience to restore the Quad lawn combined to send the "landscape architecture" project back to the drawing boards. Instead, contractors will start laying down normal green sod today and the lawn will be available for use within a...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: College Decides to Forego Tiger Stripes on the Quad | 10/8/1987 | See Source »

After his takeover in May, Rabuka agreed to hand over power to a council of advisers headed by the Governor-General. But tensions remained high, as militant Fijians repeatedly attacked ethnic Indians and burned their shops. Few observers expected Rabuka's latest move to restore tranquillity to the once idyllic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiji: New Trouble In Paradise | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

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