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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ohio Senator John Glenn, the early favorite, has not held up well under scrutiny. With an uninspiring Senate record, $2.4 million in unpaid 1984 campaign debts and less charisma than Dukakis, his appeal to the risk-averse Dukakis may be simply that the bland ex-astronaut could not hurt him, and he could help him win Ohio. Indiana Congressman Lee Hamilton emerged as a foreign policy heavyweight and Mr. Integrity during the Iran-contra hearings. A lively presence Hamilton has never been, and he may not even be able to deliver his traditionally Republican home state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Searching For Mr. Right | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

...House- Senate conference committee. The White House prefers the sterner Senate version. To avoid a potential presidential veto, a last-minute amendment was added to the Senate bill that requires one adult in two-parent welfare families to devote at least 16 hours a week to "workfare," or unpaid community work projects. The Senate and the Administration have already struck a compromise whereby 22% of those receiving benefits must have jobs or be enrolled in education or training programs by 1994. Says Moynihan: "If it works by the turn of the century, we will have a different social landscape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welfare Overhaul Senators pass a landmark bill | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

Internationally famous architect LeCorbusier built the center. And center affiliate Michael A. Callahan left it--taking an unpaid leave of absence to protest the failure to repair the rails...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: A Child's Fall Prompts City Safety Reviews | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

...between the jobs, paid and unpaid, Rodriguez has found time for academics. "I feel now that it hasn't been too bad," Rodriguez says. "If I get back a grade and it's only a B, I can't be upset because I have done a lot of things...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: A Life of Breaking Down Barriers | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

Still reeling from the oil bust, financially strapped Texas cities are tapping revenue from a lucrative but neglected source: unpaid traffic tickets. Houston may reap more than $1 million this year by using the "Denver Boot," a device that immobilizes cars whose owners have three or more delinquent tickets. In Dallas the payment of nearly 140,000 fines could bring $18 million to its coffers, and a telecomputer is dunning scofflaws at a rate of 150 calls an hour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas: Pay Up, My Dear Brother | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

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