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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...professional reasons--such as which candidate will appoint a Supreme Court that is less restrictive of press freedoms, or who is more likely to raise taxes--the Managing Editor will not be lured so easily. With the bad rap special interest groups have received in recent years, one can understand his reticence...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: The Issues of the Day | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

Bush's stance is not suprising. As Vice President, in 1985 he cast the deciding vote in favor of increasing out of pocket expenses for elderly medicare recipients. With his patrician upbringing, Bush doesn't seem to understand middle-class dilemmas such as, "Should I go to the doctor about that hacking cough, or should I buy shoes for my children...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Health Careless | 9/24/1988 | See Source »

Both sides are confident; here is the kind of issue voters understand. No need to worry their little heads about deficits, weapons systems, health care, education--no, what voters really need is a clear choice. Forget the voting booth. Bring on the taste test...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Choice of a Pop Generation | 9/21/1988 | See Source »

...understand the reasoning, but guessed it might be this: One club member might strike a blow for civil rights. But certainly...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Summer in Richmond Shaded in Gray | 9/16/1988 | See Source »

...Department of Education warned in 1983, a foreign power scheming to weaken America could not have concocted a more insidious plot than the debasement of public education. The threat to U.S. security ranges from the fact that nearly a quarter of military recruits cannot understand written safety instructions to the growing shortage of students in science and engineering. At the dawn of a new era of international competition, less than one-quarter of public high school students are currently enrolled in a foreign-language course. The bulk of American students cannot locate the world's most important nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Getting What You Pay For | 9/12/1988 | See Source »

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