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Once a computer has been hit by a virus, the invader can sometimes be eradicated by a special program that searches out and erases each bit of foreign material. Generally, however, the simplest way to bring an infected computer back to health is to shut it down, purge its memory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Invasion of the Data Snatchers | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

Injuries may take competitors out of the running. Sometimes the enemy is a sudden growth spurt that adds unwanted height and weight. No one knows that better than American Kristie Phillips, who just two years ago was touted as "the new Mary Lou." Then Phillips grew 4 in. and put...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Sprite Fight | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

What to do about the situation is the subject of a simmering debate. Take unwanted pregnancies. While publicly funded abortion has long been accepted as a method of birth control among Chinese married couples, the state refuses to make contraceptives available to single people. Many unmarried women are thus driven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Sexual Revolution Hits China | 9/12/1988 | See Source »

The selection of Quayle also resurrected stories about Paula Parkinson, the shapely Washington lobbyist known for her legislative affairs. On a golfing vacation in 1980, Quayle stayed in a Florida house with two other Congressmen and Parkinson. He left the next day and was never accused of intimacy with her...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Republicans:The Quayle Quagmire | 8/29/1988 | See Source »

There are a few deterrents to further proliferation. The ads cost a lot, as much as $35,000 more than a regular one-page color ad in a magazine like Mademoiselle. Some readers still complain about the most aggressive inserts, and other, unscented advertisers may be afraid that readers will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Sweet Smell of Success? | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

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