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Across the Netherlands, from the busy Rotterdam docks to the gleaming electronics plants of Eindhoven, the Dutch, who have always loved a rousing moralistic argument, are indulging in just that heady passion. The debate, which focuses on the proper balance between freedom and license, is echoed in all the industrialized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Netherlands Tolerance Finally Finds Its Limits | 8/31/1987 | See Source »

Still, he says that the biggest enemy is not Thatcher but apathy. In an effort to combat indifference in the U.K., Bragg helped form Red Wedge, a loose coalition of various music-makers and comics that has toured Great Britain in support of the Labour Party. Along with groups like...

Author: By Abigail M. Mcganney, | Title: Sizing Up a Genuine Bragg-Art | 8/14/1987 | See Source »

Not the most rousing history lecture we've ever heard, but not a bad start for a would-be teacher.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: We're Still Jefferson's Children | 7/13/1987 | See Source »

The Buddha's free-form style is notoriously difficult to back up, and is best suited to a low key bass accompaniment. But this backing band's overblown sound could have been straight out of Blues Brothers soundtrack, with lead guitar from Spinal Tap. Perhaps the most spontaneous moment came...

Author: By Tom Reiss, | Title: Reviving the Buddha | 5/15/1987 | See Source »

With the Hoagie in order, the Jersey Devil is already dreaming of new challenges. Adamson is eager to build a lobster farm in South Carolina, and a college in Seattle wants them to build a floating guesthouse in Puget Sound. But it is Cleveland's proposed new Rock and Roll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Virginia: Homes with Gusto | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

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