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...white Beastie Boys, among others) has busted through onto the upper regions of the pop charts. Not all the young action is rap, though. Ziggy Marley, one of Bob's band of children, has got the gift and, to go with it, a light way with carrying a heavy torch. On One Bright Day, the new album he made with the Melody Makers (his younger brother Stephen and two of his sisters, Sharon and Cedella), there is a lot of tradition and a little trailblazing. "This album to me sound a little stronger," says Ziggy, 20, with deft Rasta inflections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Directions for The Next Decade | 9/4/1989 | See Source »

Since those days in the '60s, the Woman's Movement has been suffering from an image problem. Along the way, "feminist" became a dirty word. The daughters of the Woman's Movement benefitted from their mothers' hard work, but failed to carry the torch any further. The Woman's Movement stopped moving...

Author: By Juliette N. Kayyem, | Title: A Silver Lining to 'Webster' | 7/14/1989 | See Source »

...school adage says that if Americans ever held a referendum on the First Amendment, they would overwhelmingly reject it. They may soon get the opportunity. Many people were outraged when the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution's free-speech protection extends even to occasional political protesters who torch and trample the symbol of liberty, the American flag. Among the outraged was George Bush, who proposes to do something about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Price Old Glory? | 7/10/1989 | See Source »

...enough, or if I should have done anything other than my job, to change this perception. I can look around and see that there are not many more Blacks on the paper than when I began in December 1985. Although I am not the type to carry the torch, and lead Blacks to the Promised Land of journalism, I am, in some ways, disappointed in myself...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Double Duty: A Writer or a Role Model? | 5/26/1989 | See Source »

...visit to Tambov, a town in the Russian heartland, uncovers far more change than expected and a cadre of new thinkers ready to carry the torch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No. 15 APRIL 10, 1989 | 4/10/1989 | See Source »

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