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...space to tell you about the people behind the stories. I hoped to convey the excitement and dedication that have made TIME the pre-eminent magazine in the world. This page will continue to serve that function, but next week's issue will carry the signature of TIME's tenth and newest publisher: Richard B. Thomas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Dec. 16, 1985 | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

...constitute one-tenth of the tenured law faculty...

Author: By Joseph Fkahn, | Title: 6 Profs Weigh Leaving Over Law School Battle | 12/4/1985 | See Source »

Forstein said the $218 million spent on AIDS research this year is relatively low, considering that it is only one-tenth the cost of a Trident submarine. He said $5 billion will be spent to treat victims of AIDS this year, because of the lack of proper less expensive facilities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Aids Will Spread | 11/21/1985 | See Source »

...Pseudomonas syringae, which are found on nearly all plants, and extract the gene that causes ice crystals to form when the bacteria come in contact with a plant and the temperature falls to between 20 degrees F and 32 degrees F. The altered bacteria will be sprayed on one-tenth of an acre of strawberry plants and are expected to prevent the plants' blossoms and leaves from freezing. AGS predicts that the product could have sales of up to $100 million annually to farmers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biotechnology: Strawberry Fields Forever | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

...novel, Texas is not bad entertainment, even if it is long. The reading goes quickly, and even if the outlook it produces is skewed, it does give non-Texans a thorough exposure to a remarkable, offbeat place and its equally remarkable and offbeat people. Anyone who can remember one tenth of the details will be a walking encyclopedia of things Texan from the number of types of cactus in Big Ben National Park to the unlikely origin of "The Yellow Rose of Texas." Texas isn't a bad combination of Trivial Pursuit and Dallas, but it isn't a good...

Author: By David S. Graham, | Title: The Facts Without the Feelings of Texas | 11/6/1985 | See Source »

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