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For the time being, if Americans increase their saving, they will be doing so voluntarily. At least some consumers are already showing signs of disillusionment with the rat race of materialism. Fear of hard times may be a growing incentive to save, along with anger over America's economic weakness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting The Urge to Splurge | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

A dozen NBC staffers traveled to Moscow for the interview, which was taped ( on Saturday in the Kremlin's Council of Ministers building. The Soviets supplied most of the technical personnel, as well as interpreters for both men. (Gorbachev's smooth English words, sprinkled with familiar colloquialisms like "you know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Tv's Week: Of Gab and Glasnost | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

Betsy Reveal, administrative dean of the Kennedy School of Government, has worked with Lashman on Kennedy School construction projects. She said, "He's smart, savvy, and knows his business very well."

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: Lashman Brings Political Savvy to Board | 12/1/1987 | See Source »

For years, savvy smugglers, complicit businessmen and well-heeled Soviet officials managed to stay out of sight as they ferried America's technological secrets from West to East. No longer. A string of scandals, beginning with last spring's Toshiba affair, has pushed the issue of high-tech banditry squarely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Technobandits | 11/30/1987 | See Source »

It is, of course, always a pleasure to watch Martin's steam-gauge face register his rising internal pressures and to witness his exquisitely expressed blowoffs. But Candy offers even more insinuating delights. Covering lonely need with empty gab, insecurity with a not entirely trustworthy savvy, he is the most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Worst-Case Scenario PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES | 11/30/1987 | See Source »

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