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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thin-skinned about press coverage of the so-called Interregional Group of Deputies, a liberal caucus in the Supreme Soviet, whose members voice harsh criticism of Gorbachev's leadership that makes its way into print. Said Gorbachev: "We are standing knee deep in an ocean of gasoline, and you throw in lighted matches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union:Dear Editor: You're Fired. Signed, Mikhail Gorbachev | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

...return, disconsolate, to The Crimson. I have spent more than an hour roaming from house to house, in search of a party where I feel comfortable. Then I realize I do this every weekend. I throw my reporter's notebook away into the dustbin of history...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Dudes, Where Are the Parties? | 10/25/1989 | See Source »

...dominion of the camera is total -- the trap for facts has snared the world. Photography has mapped every inch of creation, laying over it a fabric of images that can obscure the underlying realities or throw them into greater relief. Because every patch of earth, no matter how remote, is littered with discarded film cans, cameras have to patrol the far edge of the solar system to find sights that still rank as exotic. Bring us the rings of Neptune. Saturn's we've already seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Today And Tomorrow 1980- | 10/25/1989 | See Source »

...throw was high, and I had to leap for the ball. Thinking I could still tag Pat, I slammed my mitt down on the plate. I jammed my thumb instead...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Little League Moments and Fears | 10/24/1989 | See Source »

...throw all of that away now. The real Harvard cross country season starts this afternoon, when Harvard meets up with arch-rivals Yale and Princeton at HYP's at the Springdale Golf Club in Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harriers Healthy For HYP Matchup | 10/20/1989 | See Source »

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