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...editor of the gritty New York Post wears white linen skirts, a string of pearls and pink nail polish, and she comes from Philadelphia's genteel Main Line. Last week, after announcing the appointment of Magazine Veteran Jane Amsterdam to the top slot at one of the last bastions of no-holds-barred, spit-in-the-eye tabloid journalism, the Post's owner, Real Estate Magnate Peter Kalikow, presented her with a T shirt emblazoned with the paper's now legendary April 15, 1983, headline HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR. As earthy Post newsroom veterans (uncomfortably adorned in ties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Now She's Queen for a Daily | 5/23/1988 | See Source »

...university's professional schools and research institutions have produced a dazzling string of scientific and technological breakthroughs. Stanford developed the world's first X-ray microscope. The Stanford Medical Center was the site of the nation's first adult heart transplant. Stanford research produced the basic patent on gene splicing and scores of other inventions that will net the university some $6 million in royalties this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Excellence Under the Palm Trees | 5/16/1988 | See Source »

...always sit in groups. What can we infer about each other, personally, morally, or whatever, from these observations? It would be optimistic to say nothing; still, I hope nothing is the answer. I can never tell by looking who is writing a novel and who is composing a string quartet; people continue their efforts nonetheless, and they continue to surprise...

Author: By Avram S. Brown, | Title: Strangers in the Hall | 5/11/1988 | See Source »

...with horror began Dec. 4, when four policemen stopped her as she strolled through the southern Peruvian town of Ayacucho. At first they claimed they were conducting a passport check. Then, according to McNamara, the police searched her hotel room and confiscated "suspicious" articles -- medicine, vitamins, a ball of string and tourist maps. In the local jail, McNamara got a hint of the problems to come. "No one told me what was going on," she said. "But the word terrorismo drifted down the staircase...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peru Behind Bars with the Senderistas | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

Dukakis, asked if he thought Jackson shouldrecognize his string of victories as a trend,replied, "I hope...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dukakis Wins Handily In Ohio, Indiana Races | 5/4/1988 | See Source »

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