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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Scientists aren't sure why, but seeing red eliminates the pecking order among chickens, which normally tend to be pretty ornery creatures. Red-eyed birds spend less time fighting and more time laying eggs. They also eat less...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Entrepreneur Wants a Lens in Every Chicken | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

...Before daylight it would be difficult to be sure they'd be safe and secure coming out," said the source...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Salvadoran Rebels Trap U.S. Advisors | 11/22/1989 | See Source »

Some things are just too low tech to last. What could be more old-fashioned than wrestling a postage stamp out of its perforations, coating one's tongue with glue and watching the stamp come unstuck along the edges? Sure enough, that ritual is now headed the way of the penny postcard. Last week the U.S. Postal Service introduced EXTRAordinary Stamps, a line of peel-and-stick, self-adhesive postage stamps billed as "the most thoroughly researched and tested issue in U.S. stamp history." The new 25 cents first-class stamps will be test-marketed for 30 days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POSTAGE STAMPS: Getting Your Last Licks | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

...King pronounced himself "quite satisfied" with the election outcome. But the potential exists for Muslim Brotherhood legislators to form a coalition with radical leftists to embarrass him. To be sure, the Hashemite King retains the power to disband Parliament and rule without it. But after calling the elections under popular pressure, he would presumably be reluctant to exercise such authority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jordan Bye-Bye Moderates | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

...mark the 200th anniversary of the founding of the first American diocese. But their deliberations quickly turned sober as they confronted thorny problems that dominated the agenda. Among their actions: a response to AIDS that urges compassion for those with HIV infection -- and strict chastity as the only sure way to avoid the disease -- but sidesteps the bishops' earlier qualified toleration of condom education; a reiterated call for a Palestinian homeland and security for Israel; and a stepped-up antiabortion campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Priestless Rites | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

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