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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hotel, a vestige of the Raj. And I would largely miss this side of the Indian city. Like most tourists, I would see the tourist sites--the great caves at Elephanta, the Victorian railway station, Malabar Hills. Unavoidable as poverty and suffering are in India, I also did not seek them...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Coming of Age in Bombay | 11/10/1988 | See Source »

...people have a misconception that an ethnic group has one perspective," Perez said. He added that "Salsa" will seek to present multiple views on issues ranging from affirmative action to the problems of Mexican farm workers in America...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Short Takes | 11/9/1988 | See Source »

Although Graham has said she does not plan to seek re-election to the City Council next year, Thompson contends that there is "no question" that she will...

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: Thompson Pledges Accessibilty | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

Thompson ran for City Council in 1979 with an endorsement from the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA). At that time, he told the Cambridge Chronicle, "I favor rent control and I'm against condominium conversion." But he qualified his position, adding, "I will seek to reform the procedures of the rent control board...

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: Thompson Pledges Accessibilty | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...that could take on central importance if the nation faced an unforeseen terrorist threat or new left-wing insurgency in Latin America. Their diametrically opposed attitudes toward military intervention and covert operations are very much a product of their life experiences. Bush is the first former CIA director to seek the White House; Dukakis was an exchange student in Peru at the time of the 1954 CIA-backed coup in Guatemala. Small wonder that Bush retains a hawkish can-do faith in covert action; Dukakis is a multilateralist keenly aware of the damage to American prestige and fair-play values...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Differences That Really Matter | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

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