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Dates: during 1980-1989
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University officials are hoping to strike a deal with Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot that would allow him to rent tens of thousands of artifacts from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology's enormous and underexposed collection.

Author: By Joseph F Kahn, | Title: Peabody Asks Texan To Rent its Artifacts | 7/4/1985 | See Source »

The DEA acted because tens of thousands of tab- lets and capsules of MDMA are being sold on the street each month, at $8 to $20 for a 100-mg dose. The drug, which seems particularly popular with college students and young professionals, has spread from California, Texas and Florida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: A Crackdown on Ecstasy | 6/10/1985 | See Source »

Of all nations, Bangladesh can least afford such a tragedy. Three months ago, a World Bank survey described the country as the world's poorest, with an average annual per capita income of only $130. Two-thirds of its people live below the poverty line. In addition, Bangladesh is one...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disasters Trail of Tears and Anguish | 6/10/1985 | See Source »

There were similar instances of chaos and confusion at other border posts last week as tens of thousands of illegal immigrants, many of them Ghanaians, like the Godigahs, tried to make their way out of Nigeria. Their expulsion was decreed last month by the ruling military junta headed by Major...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nigeria Brutal Exit | 5/27/1985 | See Source »

Hoxha, the product of a middle-class Muslim home and a French education, rose to power as head of the partisan resistance to the German and Italian occupation in World War II. He ruled Albania ruthlessly, sending tens of thousands to forced-labor camps. He tolerated no political opposition, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Albania: Enver Hoxha: 1908-1985 Stalin's Disciple | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

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