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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That's all not well and bad, and Adler gets no argument from anyone for criticizing Time's sloppiness and CBS's unethical journalistic practices. She is also on solid ground criticizing the overly agressive tactics of Cravath lawyers and the decision by both defendants to defend to the hilt stories they knew were far from unimpeachable...

Author: By Steve Lichtman, | Title: A Full Court Press | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

...think we had a great season, not based on our win-loss record," Harvard Coach Wayne Lem said. "We have a solid program here, the kids are enthusiastic, dedicated, and hungry. I didn't turn the team around, 14 players did. They worked their tails off all season...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Spikers Fifth in Ivy Tourney | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

Hoping to finish the job of cleaning up America's lakes and rivers, Congress this year unanimously passed an $18 billion clean-water bill that by 1994 would have removed 85% of all solid and inorganic matter from U.S. sewage. Just because a bill is popular on Capitol Hill does not make it so with Ronald Reagan. He refused to sign it last week, saying it was triple the amount the Government proposed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pollution: Muddying the Waters | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

...World). JOHN HARBISON: Ulysses' Bow; Samuel Chapter. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andre Previn; Soprano Susan Larson, with Collage conducted by Harbison. (Nonesuch). There is nothing far-out about either Zwilich, the 1983 Pulitzer prizewinner, or Harbison, currently composer-in-residence with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Both are solid craftsmen whose music is informed by an eloquent melodic voice, and each is especially adept at writing for the symphony orchestra. Zwilich's First Symphony is a big, bold, brassy work, propelled by insistent, driving rhythms, while her Celebration is a rattling shout reminiscent at times of Shostakovich. Harbison's dark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Once Upon a Time in America | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

...area of close-knit families, strangers stand out, making police undercover work nearly impossible. Good informants are tough to recruit because, as DEA Agent Kenneth Miley explains, "families don't tell on families," although that has changed some now that the feds pay bigger money for solid tips. Nonetheless, the established smuggling networks ensure a continuity to operations. After the feds busted one cocaine runner last year, his brother took over. When he was arrested, another brother came to the fore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rio Grande's Drug Corridor | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

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