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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Saturday here at Fitton Field, the Crimson combined the two split personalities into one confused body. The result was a 35-20 Crusader victory over both Crimson entities...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Crusaders Cross Up Crimson, 35-20 | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

Moreover, under the current set-up neither the panelists nor the other candidate can stop his opponent in midstream and point out that what he just said was factually incorrect. As a result, Bush was able to duck a tough question asking which weapons systems he opposed by naming a few which the Pentagon has already scrapped. Theoretically, Dukakis could have done so on his own time, but it would have taken 10-15 seconds off the minute he had to tell us how he would make health care and housing affordable...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...freedom for any of its citizens held hostage. But substantive negotiations with terrorist bands would only swell their prestige and seem to legitimize their bloody operations. Thus the U.S. is fully ) justified in negotiating only with the sovereign governments that back terrorists, even though that policy may result in dragging out the captivity of the hostages for agonizing months. Accounts differ as to how much control Iran has over the Muslim extremists in Lebanon. West German experience indicates that it is strong but not absolute; Bonn officials hint that Tehran had to exert heavy pressure for months on the terrorists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy To Deal or Not to Deal | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...Bush handlers have all fought side by side before. Until Baker took over, this teamwork was undermined by the lack of anyone in firm control of the campaign. Atwater had nominal top authority as campaign manager, but Bush insisted that all decisions be made by consensus. The result was the kind of paralyzing chaos that allowed the Dan Quayle nomination to bring the campaign to the brink of disaster. Almost no decisions were firm, since each of the top advisers reserved the right to mount a back-channel appeal to the Vice President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's The Year Of the Handlers | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...Because Spain is so different from the rest of Western Europe it has discouraged scholars from studying it. As a result a major European film history has been ignored," he says. "For historic reasons this festival gives students a chance to walk through the atmosphere that was prevalent in Spain...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Films that Flouted Franco | 9/30/1988 | See Source »

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