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Dates: during 1980-1989
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It seems like a sensational deal. After a mere two or three years of work, retire on a pension that will finance decades of carefree living. Such a bargain is in fact available -- but only to chimpanzees. Some 80 chimps are involved in a research project in San Antonio in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas: Pensions for Primates | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

Apart from drying up a source of ethically questionable payments, the most convincing rationale for raising government pay is that better salaries will attract highly qualified people to government service. But while that logic may apply to the top-notch executives needed for senior posts in Cabinet departments and lawyers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are They Worth It? Possible Congressional Raise | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

"You make someone happy through a dress," she says. "You see what happens to a woman -- how they put it on, and insecurities, disappointments, complexes disappear. I think about women's complexes -- having breasts, not having breasts -- and I try to make something for the body. I try to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: A Look on the Wild Side | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

A. Marshal Akhromeyev invited me to a reciprocal visit but cautioned that he might retire by then. He's 65, was wounded in the war and mentioned his health. I presume he'll remain a key military adviser. He's sent word that the General Staff looks forward to receiving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: Admiral William Crowe: Of War and Politics | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

Dale McKussic (Mel Gibson) is your basic existential hero of the California '80s: humanist hunk, thoughtful father, loyal friend, gentle lover and, oh, yes, a cocaine dealer. Now he wants to retire -- no pension, thank you, but no penance either. No police heat courtesy of an old-buddy cop (Kurt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Two Out of Five Ain't Bad | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

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