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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...city theoretically under martial law, Beijing seemed amazingly lacking in tension throughout the week. "There is absolutely no sense of anarchy here," reported TIME correspondent Richard Hornik, who had returned to the capital for the first time since serving as the magazine's Beijing bureau chief from 1985 to 1987. "Buses are running again, and the streets are full of bicyclists. The markets are full of both shoppers and produce, and there have been only scattered reports of hoarding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Backed by the army and Deng Xiaoping, Beijing's hard-liners win the edge over moderates in a closed-door struggle for power | 6/5/1989 | See Source »

These two, in fact, are surprisingly funny, and they belong in a movie with a real plot; say, one on the level of The Cannonball Run. Here the white supremacists snarl and shoot off a lot of George Bush firearms, but the only dramatic tension comes from worrying about that lovely Cadillac. They wouldn't really hurt it, would they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Dippy Harry | 6/5/1989 | See Source »

...tense? Two tents? I'd love to tell a few more knee-slappers like that one in order to further reduce the astronomically high levels of tension on this campus, but I can't. My 25 minutes...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Placing the Blame for Tension | 5/19/1989 | See Source »

Dartmouth's number-two doubles team of Tucker and Kjelgaard heightened the tension, defeating Cardi and Shyjan...

Author: By Mia Kang, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Netmen Slide by Green; Clinch Ivy League Title | 4/26/1989 | See Source »

Like the ever expanding white-collar workday, this stage of family evolution defies all the expectations of a generation ago. For years, stress research tended to focus on men, and so the office or factory floor was viewed as the primary source of tension. The home, on the other hand, was a sanctuary, a benign environment in which one recuperated from problems at work. The experts know better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: How America Has Run Out of Time | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

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