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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...about homosexuality. And then, in 1957, when French friends kept asking him to "explain Little Rock," where the U.S. Army had been summoned to escort nine black children to school through screaming mobs of whites, Jimmy finally decided "that it would be simpler . . . to go to Little Rock than sit in Europe, on an American passport, trying to explain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bearing Witness to the Truth James Baldwin: 1924-1987 | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

Summits embody a noble human conceit, one that seems particularly American: that the world's conflicts are caused by misunderstandings and mistaken perceptions. If we sit down and talk, we can clear things up. Like most noble conceits, there is some truth to it. Summitry serves to lower the world's blood pressure. The two most powerful leaders on the planet smile at each other; somehow it seems that the rumbling forces of history, filled with clashing values and national interests, might thus be tamed. And like most conceits, there is some danger: neither the President nor the public should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Meet Again: Why all the world loves a summit | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

...during the baseball off-season, you've got the hot stove league. Sports-minded folk inclined to ruminate about our national pastime sit around and yak about stats and trades and rookies and immortals...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Just a Few Things to Think About... | 12/5/1987 | See Source »

...NOTEBOOK:Freshman goalie Michael Francis had to sit on the bench for the first time all year even though he is the ECAC's leading goalie...It was Devin's 10th victory in his last 11 games...Bill Cleary is now 7-11-1 in Ithaca...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Unbeaten Icemen Confuse Cornell, 3-1; | 12/5/1987 | See Source »

...rare event that only the right person tries for the incoming call--and then he or she actually gets through to the other caller--it is inevitable that the person left `on hold' will be plagued with the nagging certainty that they are begin talked about. As you sit in silence, a cold sweat slowly envelopes your nervous frame and your imagination runs free...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: The Waiting is the Hardest Part | 12/3/1987 | See Source »

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