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Dates: during 1980-1989
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LAST year a TV station in Washington D.C. ran a special report on their news show entitled "Is God Mad At Us?" The series took a look at why there seemed to be so many bad things happening in recent years--droughts, plane crashes, earthquakes. It wasn't a landmark piece of investigative journalism, no exclusive interview with the Big Guy. Instead, it consisted of asking theologians, clergy and disaster victims whether the Second Coming was about to take place. I don't know what the conclusions were...

Author: By John J. Murphy, | Title: Is The World Courting Disaster? | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

Lamont, which opened for the semester on Monday, has 12 public terminals, and Jon Lanham '70, the library's associate director, says he has "absolutely no idea" how many people will show up to use them. He adds the Lamont may become more popular as a reference library because of the terminals' convenient location on the library's main floor...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Welcome to the HOLLIS Zone | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...often, that is difficult to do. Crack mothers who show up at hospitals have often smoked up to the last stages of labor. Many are so high they do not notice when labor begins. Says Fulroth: "The crack cocaine mothers are the sickest you're going to see. They come in right when they're ready to deliver, and you just hold your breath waiting to see what you're gonna get." The message is clear: for expectant mothers -- and their babies -- crack is a nightmare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Crack Comes to the Nursery | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...SUMMER OLYMPICS (NBC). A two-hour preview show on Sept. 15 (9 p.m. EDT) sets the stage; then let the TV blitz begin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Sep. 19, 1988 | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

CHESS (RCA Victor). You missed the show, now buy the record: not a rock musical at all, but the most eclectic score of the '80s and the hottest night in Bangkok since Yul Brynner met Deborah Kerr...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Sep. 19, 1988 | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

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