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To be fair, there were logistical reasons for the disparity. The USAir accident took place only a taxi ride away from the headquarters of the three networks and many other news organizations -- indeed, a CBS News producer was in the plane when it crashed and filed a report from the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Who Cares About Foreigners? | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

That's right, the final clubs--those "social organizations" scattered around campus that have attracted quite a bit of attention in recent years. For first-year students who missed the rallies, cook-out and discrimination complaints of past years, here is a simplified primer.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boycott the Clubs | 10/5/1989 | See Source »

WE Americans live on a vast patch of the earth, a sweep of scattered geography in which states tumble together around barely visible boundaries, and we have no idea who the hell we are. Of course, various people have tried to find out; we have drifted down the river with...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Weak Gravity in America | 9/23/1989 | See Source »

By that time the Luftwaffe was bombing and strafing the beach, and Dunkirk was in flames. R.A.F. fighter planes raced across the Channel to defend the departing soldiers, who often had to stand in water up to their necks while machine-gun bullets spattered around them. A paddle-wheel steamer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Desperate Years | 9/4/1989 | See Source »

How? By FACTS. Any kind, but do get them in. They are what we look for--a name, a place, an allusion, an object, a brand of deoderant, the titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading, and that...

Author: By A Grader, | Title: Grader's Reply: It's Not Really That Easy | 8/15/1989 | See Source »

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