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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...candidates through the relatively inexperienced Robert Kimmitt, who was in charge of the background checks. Kimmitt -- the top attorney at Treasury when Campaign Chairman James Baker was the Cabinet Secretary -- was under firm instructions to share most of his findings only with Bush. Thus, despite the broad-ranging search for a running mate, the most vital information of all was in the end filtered through a two-man channel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Republicans:The Quayle Quagmire | 8/29/1988 | See Source »

...University Law Professor Stephen Gillers, who, like many another legal scholar, had no interest in the recently vacant dean's spot at his university. Over the past four years, 125 of the 174 law schools accredited by the American Bar Association, including Chicago, Georgetown and Harvard, have had to search for new deans. Once the capstone of a legal career, the post is now a revolving door, says James P. White, consultant on legal education to the A.B.A. "Twenty years ago, it was not uncommon for a dean to serve 15 or more years," he says. "Now the average deanship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Help Wanted: Start at the Top | 8/29/1988 | See Source »

...often staid and unimaginative productions -- typified by a dusty Twelfth Night and a ranting King Lear that toured the U.S. in 1985 -- have been supplanted by lively, risk-taking efforts, including innovative versions of Twelfth Night and King Lear, which are highlights of this year's offerings. Although the search has dragged on for more than a year to replace Neville, 63, who plans to retire after next season, the process has not yet been encumbered by the kind of vehement nationalism that blighted previous selections. When Briton John Dexter, a Tony winner for directing, was approached...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: The Bard in Neon and Doublets | 8/22/1988 | See Source »

...Pakistani air force crash investigation team flew to the scene today in search of the plane's flight recorder. A similar U.S. team was also expected, but details of its visit were not disclosed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bodies of Zia, U.S. Ambassador Found | 8/19/1988 | See Source »

...does the search for the Jesus of history have any relevance for believers? Some thinkers, like Bultmann before them, are content to distinguish between a Christ of faith, who is knowable, and a historical Jesus, who is not. Other liberals, however, are searching fervently for a real-life Jesus, whether sage or prophet, to fill what they see as an urgent need for spiritual nourishment and a renewed impetus for social reform. "Jesus may be one of the finest persons who ever lived, but the average person doesn't have any access to him," says Robinson of Claremont. He believes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Who Was Jesus? | 8/15/1988 | See Source »

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