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The tired man and I talked for awhile, and then, because I knew not a damn thing about the situation in Panama (the demonstrators wanted the US OUT OF PANAMA), I went down to listen and to ask questions. It is amazing how angry people will get if you just...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Cheesy Politics | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

Fichter thinks that the number of married priests might have been greater had Catholic bishops proved to be more encouraging. As it is, a candidate for reordination as a Catholic priest must undergo an arduous process. Besides filing 13 documents, the prospective convert must take additional theology instruction and endure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Can A Priest Be a Husband? | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

Most likely to put the Post Office out of business. Futurists predicted that electronic mail -- computers talking to computers -- would soon replace the stamped envelope. They turned out to be wrong. The true expression of 21st century communications is one fax machine talking to another. Modern high- speed facsimile technology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Most of the Decade | 1/1/1990 | See Source »

Despite this trend, the Reagan Administration slashed aid to international family-planning programs, and President Bush has not restored it. He recently vetoed a $15 billion foreign aid package because he feared that a tiny $15 million targeted for the U.N. Population Fund might help support abortion services in China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Endangered Earth U.S. Agenda Government Get Going, Mr.Bush | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

The $965 aviation headset, made by Bose, a Framingham, Mass., manufacturer of hi-fi speakers, is one of the latest applications of antinoise, a surprising new technology that is changing the way people block unwanted sounds -- from the whine of electrical transformers to the rumble of internal- combustion engines -- while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Fighting Noise with Antinoise | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

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