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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...came to China unprepared to understand the phenomenon of a 6000-year history--I had never studied the language, the culture, the history. Before the trip, "Cultural Revolution" was synonymous in my mind with a popular Core course--one that I hadn't taken...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Experiencing the Daily Life of Foreign Crowds | 7/6/1988 | See Source »

...Grant's proteges, is being backed for a trip home to try out for his country's Olympic team. "I've been working these booths for about four years," said Dixon, now the head cook. "I first got experience tenderizing squid steaks," he said, adding that he cannot understand why people find the squid tentacles scary. "Anyone knows that's the best part," he continued, quite correctly to the taste of this squid fancier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In California: A Squid Fest | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

...anymore. When it comes to bloodlust, female gills pant up and down too. In the matter of boxing's fascination for writers, gender has certainly not been disqualifying. Still, the suspicion persists that males secrete some kind of $ archetypal fluid that makes it easier for them to understand what's at work here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Boxing's Allure | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

...waist and bone, punchers and boxers counteract. Tyson is already the first, and potentially the second, so the eternal matchup of gore and guile doesn't just occupy him outwardly, it swirls inside him as well. Modern moviemakers are good at capturing the choreography of fights -- they understand the Apache dance. But in their Dolby deafness they overdo the supersonic bashing and skip one of the crucial attractions: the missing. Making a man miss is the art. Fundamentally, boxers are elusive. They vanish one moment, reappear the next, rolling around the ring like the smoke in the light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Boxing's Allure | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

...their advice. Many of the consultants worked in procurement and retain close contacts with their former colleagues. They know both the procedural intricacies of how contracts are processed and the technical needs of the services. "You almost have to be an insider to understand it," says Spratt. Without these middlemen, the military's complex procurement system might not work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pentagon Up for Sale | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

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