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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...DISCUSSION in my Tuesday night section on the Civil War and Reconstruction figured to center on that week's reading, Eric Foner's analysis of the Republican Party, Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War. But the discussion quickly turned from Foner to Clifford Geertz, a cultural anthropologist that none of the dozen or so history concentrators assembled in a Mather classroom had ever heard...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: Geertz Serious! | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

Chanting in the dusky gloom before a battle, a robed figure stoops and ignites a circle of blue flame in the red clay soil around him. With one quick twist, a woman fluffs her white veil into swaddling and so conjures up a baby in arms. Horns blare as a crowd of celebrants, resplendent in red, holds aloft a richly caparisoned tent for the wedding of a blind king. A master of military arts orders a disciple to cut off his right thumb and thereby lose his strength and skill. "It is not cruelty," the teacher explains. "It is foresight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: An Epic Journey Through Myth THE MAHABHARATA | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

Organized smuggling rings control much of the illegal-alien traffic into Puerto Rico. They do an especially brisk business with Dominicans, many of whom sell all their belongings for a chance to get to U.S. soil. While some Dominicans land in Puerto Rico, others travel to the continental U.S., ( especially New York City. The going rate for a no-frills, no-guarantees trip across the Mona Passage is as high as $1,000. More deluxe trips, complete with falsified documents and a truck ride to San Juan, can cost thousands of dollars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dominican Republic Horror off Death's Head Beach | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...Soviets tested a pair of modified SS-18s tipped with dummy warheads; one missile landed 600 miles northwest of Hawaii, while another, aimed 360 miles southwest of the islands, apparently misfired. The Pentagon claimed the firings were the closest Soviet missiles had come to American soil. Said Senator Malcolm Wallop, Republican of Wyoming: "The Soviets were practicing an attack on America." The Pentagon later acknowledged that a Soviet naval vessel aimed a laser beam at two American surveillance aircraft in the area, apparently to disrupt U.S. monitoring efforts. One pilot reportedly suffered temporary eye damage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nuclear Weapons: Too Close For Comfort | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

...advances, Chinese agriculture is still strikingly labor- intensive; the backbreaking practice of hand planting is almost universal. Yet China is now using modern chemical fertilizers in addition to time-honored natural ones. More and more acreage is being covered by transparent plastic sheeting that warms the soil, conserves water and guards against bad weather. Veterinarians use the ancient technique of acupuncture, but increasingly they work with laser beams instead of needles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Setting A Full Table | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

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