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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Proceeding on his mad mission, Lepine went down to the first-floor cafeteria, where he killed three more women, then up to the third floor, where he gunned down four others. Besides the 14 women killed, 13 people, four of them men, were wounded. Finally the attacker turned the weapon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada The Man Who Hated Women | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

Having endured Barco's best shot so far, the drug chieftains appear to be rebuilding their scorched empire. Cocaine production, which in September dropped to a quarter of its usual level of about 50 tons, is back up to 75%. Says a Western diplomat: "They were knocked off balance, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colombia Noble Battle, Terrible Toll | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

The April 22 date has special meaning for environmentalists: it marks the 20th anniversary of the first Earth Day. In that memorable 1970 mobilization, which evolved from an idea by Senator Gaylord Nelson, more than 20 million Americans, many of them students, rallied under the banner of Mother Nature. Their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Endangered Earth Update Let Earth Have Its Day | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

Whatever actions a company takes to help the environment should apply to foreign operations as well as those in the U.S. In too many cases, corporations have complied with antipollution measures at home but ignored them abroad, especially in Third World countries that are too desperate for foreign investment to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Endangered Earth U.S. Agenda Businesses Scrub That Smokestack | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

Because of its prestige, the U.S. has the potential to do enormous good in promoting international treaties to heal the planet. Agreements like the 1987 Montreal Protocol, governing the release of ozone-damaging gases, serve the important function of reassuring nations that protecting the environment will not put them at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Endangered Earth U.S. Agenda Government Get Going, Mr.Bush | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

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