Word: topical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...translators -- for a 90-minute session, the longest of their three meetings in as many weeks. Jackson complains about the inequities of the delegate- selection system and argues for a tougher stand against South Africa's racial policies. Dukakis listens sympathetically. Looming over the meeting is a too- hot topic that remains pretty much unspoken: whether Dukakis should offer Jackson the second spot on the ticket (which he won't) and what will happen when he doesn't. Down in the lobby, Mark Gearan, a Dukakis spokesman, entertains drowsy reporters with a piano rendition of Getting to Know You from...
...Moscow summit. The main event, of course, was the face-to-face meeting between President Reagan and Soviet Leader Gorbachev. The most fascinating sideshow: Raisa and Nancy playing a catty game of one-upmanship. But there was more -- much more. Religion in the Soviet Union was suddenly a hot topic for TV reporters, as were Soviet rock music and the effect of glasnost on the Soviet press. There were tours of the Moscow subway, a visit to the first Miss Moscow beauty pageant and an interview with artists who, in honor of the summit, made plaster casts of people shaking...
...give our diverse class something in common--a subject about which every entering student, regardless of background, could talk during the first weeks of the year. My first day here, I found myself standing in the Yard with 10 equally tense freshmen. Henry Adams quickly became a topic of conversation. "Did anyone here do the summer reading?" asked one. "No, no way" each said in turn with perverse pride...
...idea originated with TIME Special Projects Head David McGowan, who last summer proposed a partnership to Frontline managers, including Executive Producer David Fanning. Both sides agreed that NATO was an ideal topic for their first documentary. Says Frontline Senior Producer Mike Sullivan: "With the INF treaty and the promise of a later treaty on strategic weapons, it was clear that the requirements for the defense of Europe were going to change drastically." From TIME's point of view, says Assistant Managing Editor Richard Duncan, who oversees the magazine's role in the series, "it was a natural, a story...
...article on the Institute of Politics' study groups for next fall, The Crimson failed to mention exactly why Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan was chosen. I can only assume, then, that his group's subject will not be "Racism in Sports"--the only topic which he is qualified to discuss...