Word: self
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Secretary of State George P. Shultz, arriving on a new Mideast peace shuttle, told Israel to act on his plan for negotiations for Palestinian self-rule...
Members of the conglomerate group say that unless they manage to unify the very diverse students into one community this year, the council may well self-destruct. The council was formed three years ago to promote unity among Harvard's many graduate schools...
...least half an inch in diameter, and have been growing for eight to ten years, says Dr. Ferris Hall of Boston's Beth Israel Hospital. The larger the tumor, the higher the probability that it has already spread to the lymph nodes -- and the lower the prospects for survival. Self-examination alone may give women false reassurance, says Dr. Melvin Silverstein, a breast-cancer specialist in Van Nuys, Calif. "It ignores the biggest breakthrough we've had: finding nonpalpable lumps with mammography...
Traveler Publisher Ronald Galotti is not concerned. "We're evolving into a group of people who believe we are entitled to some downtime or vacation time," he says. "We're talking about self-indulgence and self-entitlement for that 40-year-old." In other words, a new adage: You can't go broke (or so the new travel publishers hope) overestimating the indulgence of the American people...
...night's grab bag ranges from Werewolf, an oddly morose horror series, to The Tracey Ullman Show, a quirky half-hour of comedy sketches that qualifies as TV's most interesting near-miss. Fox has also scored a coup by acquiring It's Garry Shandling's Show, the shrewdly self-parodying cable sitcom, which is running on Fox after its initial airings on Showtime. The network's highest-rated show, 21 Jump Street, happens to be its best. A well-crafted, surprisingly intelligent police drama about a band of youthful cops who work undercover in high schools, the series...