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...wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." Less well remembered but equally trenchant was what he said next: "But perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest." Four decades later, the U.S.S.R. is still enigmatic, even?perhaps especially?to itself; and it is still trying to unlock the enigma of its own future by figuring out where its interests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside The U.S.S.R.: A Fortress State in Transition | 6/23/1980 | See Source »

...barber would unlock the door of his shop at 7 a.m. or so-early, because it was an important ceremony of his day to shave the important and self-important men of the town, whose gold-lettered mugs stood splendidly on the shelf above the mirror. Then he would hang up his straw hat and suit coat and raise his window shades. After that he would put on his barber coat, and, finally, he would step outside his shop with the key for winding up his spring-driven barber pole motor. When the twisted red, white and blue stripes began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Minnesota: Poles and Profits | 4/21/1980 | See Source »

J.G.B.'s success is based on an intelligently demanding choice of texts, a discussion method called "shared inquiry," and on precise, literate questions calculated to unlock the pleasures and mysteries in each story's heart. For both students and discussion leaders there are some unusual rules. Program leaders ask questions about the readings but, unlike traditional teachers, are not permitted to give answers. Their questions, many of them suggested by accompanying instrucion booklets, are supposed to have more than one answer. Sample suggestion for Kipling's Jungle Books: "Why do the wolves feel they need a leader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: From Puss-in-Boots to Plato | 3/24/1980 | See Source »

Polk County District Judge Theodore H. Miller had a small problem. He was accidentally locked outside his chambers in Des Moines, Iowa. While a defendant and his attorney patiently waited, Miller summoned the janitor, who tried every trick he knew to unlock the door: a passkey, a credit card, even a small drill. No luck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Justice Is Blind | 3/17/1980 | See Source »

Kenneth R. Andrews, master of Leverett House, said yesterday students frequently unlock entry doors. In one week, entry doors had to be relocked 40 times during the 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. period, Barney Tierney, Leverett House superintendent, said yesterday...

Author: By Stephen H. Malloy, | Title: University Police Raise Surveillance Of Leverett Area | 3/7/1980 | See Source »

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