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...investigation has been opened, closed and then re-opened again, Baltimore has become the leading public spokesperson for scientific independence from congressional scrutiny. He wholeheartedly defends the laboratories associated with the doctored data. Science rests on trust and accuracy, Baltimore says, and nosey members of Congress can only screw things...

Author: By Juliette N. Kayyem, | Title: Cleaning Up the Lab | 10/12/1989 | See Source »

THIS fall, the council's primary task will be facing up to the challenges that it posed last spring. Even as the council began to understand its own importance, it botched its responsibility. The ROTC controversy and the Vega concert fiasco were undeniable screw-ups, but they were the kind of screw-ups we associate with an uncertain beginner. Laudably the council was trying out its wings. A few false starts were to be expected...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: Counseling the Councillors | 10/5/1989 | See Source »

...would make sense for any Columbia fan to feel optimistic this year. The post-Streak era was set to begin. That is, until that monster from the Hudson had to screw things up again...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Snakebit Once More | 9/15/1989 | See Source »

...notion of starting a third party around the woolly notions of sexual, environmental and economic freedom. Hearing that, NARAL executive director Kate Michelman interrupted her vacation in New Hampshire to criticize the third-party idea as "counterproductive." A pro-choice strategist dismissed Yard's notion as the "politics of 'screw you.' " Schneider agrees: "You punish your friends without blocking your enemies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Pro-Choicers Prevail? | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

...TURN OF THE SCREW (Showtime, debuting Aug. 12, 10 p.m. EDT). Amy Irving stars as the Victorian governess with a ghost problem in this new version of Henry James' famous novella. The hour-long drama launches Shelley Duvall's new series, Nightmare Classics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Aug. 14, 1989 | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

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