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Since then, the professor, Stephan A. Thernstrom, has not offered his segment of Historical Studies A-25, "The Peopling of America." He says that he is uncomfortable teaching the class after such a negative experience, where he was "McCarthyized" by the media and students...

Author: By Lan N. Nguyen, | Title: The Faculty Feuds Over The Politics of Scholarship | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

Perhaps the most bizarre part of their week turned out to be the only planned segment--attendance at Saturday's Commencement proceedings of the Rhode Island School of Design, where Wilson's mother was graduating...

Author: By Jonathan Samuels, | Title: WACKY WAYS TO KILL A WEEK | 6/5/1991 | See Source »

...right wing, which had always viewed Bush with suspicion. "A lot of the high-echelon members of this Administration are considered to be in the moderate camp," says Republican national chairman Clayton Yeutter, "so Vice President Quayle serves the President as a very effective liaison to the more conservative segment of the party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Not The Best? | 5/20/1991 | See Source »

...glitches and constant delays. As a result, the duo that created the industry's hottest product of the 1980s is parting ways. IBM is developing its upgrade of OS/2, while Microsoft is making a separate version, setting up a competition for dominance in desktop computers, the most important segment of an important industry. "It's an interesting sideshow," says Gates. "But it will be the marketplace that decides the winner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next 800-Lb. Gorilla | 5/20/1991 | See Source »

...people, like Pittsburgh and Baltimore, are reversing that trend by restructuring. The reduction of federal subsidies and the agricultural recession of the 1980s, meanwhile, accelerated America's flight from small towns and rural areas. While 44% of the population lived on farms or in small towns in 1950, that segment has dwindled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Nation on the Move | 4/29/1991 | See Source »

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