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...help build a stable peace. -- With an impoverished North and a reviving South, Vietnam is still divided. -- In strife-torn Cambodia, the killing has never ceased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page: April 30, 1990 | 4/30/1990 | See Source »

Although no walls have been torn down and no rooms gutted--yet--the University-owned Harvard Motor House is no more...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: Harvard Motor House Selects New Name | 4/24/1990 | See Source »

...statehouses, but with elections in three Sunbelt states in jeopardy, they run the risk of losing that fig leaf of respectability. For sheer survival, Democrats should try to join the grownups' table and put an end to their days of sibling rivalry. In Florida some party elders, torn between their early commitment to Nelson and a desire to get behind Chiles, are hoping Nelson will drop out in time to run for re-election to his House seat. The deadline is May 11. In Texas, Mattox has announced he will support Richards. Still, Democrats like White insist they will never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sunbelt Mud Slides | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

...most famous example was the 1947 speech by then Secretary of State George C. Marshall, who announced the "Marshall Plan" for rebuilding war-torn Europe...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Kohl to Speak at Commencement | 4/20/1990 | See Source »

...Suppose Patriotic Americans for Flag Burning, etc., actually exists and sends you an invitation to join up for $25. The "package" will be full of goodies: a letter, a reply envelope, a card (too big for the envelope, with a pointless perforation so that half of it can be torn off and thrown away), a brochure and perhaps a little Taiwanese-made American flag to burn in the privacy of your home. Why all this stuff? Because you demand it. While trying to appeal to you with flattery for your intelligence and compassion, direct-mail packages are designed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Check Is in the Mail | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

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