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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more just distribution" of wealth. In a land where the church once preached passivity and fatalism, he urged the poor to "do everything legal to assure their families whatever is necessary for life." Afterward, listeners handed him letters asking for help in or der to get running water, electricity, sew age lines and title to the land they live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Just Look Around a Bit | 7/14/1980 | See Source »

...three most important, in California and New Jersey; Carter carried the third big state, Ohio. In all, Kennedy won 53% of the delegates at stake. Yet even as Carter suffered his worst defeats of the campaign, he still picked up 321 delegates, far more than he needed to sew up the nomination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: White House Face-Off | 6/16/1980 | See Source »

...time," calls one of the male cadets. This time it's an affectionate nickname, a mark of respect for her record, which brought her a cadet promotion. Like many of the women at West Point, she admits that she likes to cook and sew. (She's receiving a sewing machine for graduation.) She buckles on a curved saber, wraps a purple sash around her waist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Point: The Coed Class of '80 | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

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