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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some of FloJo's peers have made wild accusations about her use of steroids. Two months after the Olympics, Carl Lewis suggested that Joyner took substances banned by the International Olympic Committee...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Flipping for FloJo | 2/28/1989 | See Source »

...find it difficult, however, to understand the value of knowing how to manipulate Harvard University's confusing and archaic computer system. I see no sense in having to know the eight steps to print a program on a system that I will probably never want to use again. I have to remember only one button to press on my IBM-compatible word processor and on my roommate's MacIntosh to print something...

Author: By Yuko Miyazaki, | Title: Tales of a 4-Time QRR Failure | 2/28/1989 | See Source »

Should I find that I need to use the University's computer system, it won't kill me not to have the commands memorized. I could simply look them up, or better yet, ask a member of the computer room staff--like Bob, for example...

Author: By Yuko Miyazaki, | Title: Tales of a 4-Time QRR Failure | 2/28/1989 | See Source »

Cambridge maintains independent reservoirs at Stony Brook and Hobbs Brook but has the right to use the Quabbin as a reserve source...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Water Risk May Affect Boston | 2/28/1989 | See Source »

Delays and interruptions are not the only prosecution worries. At any point Thornburgh could use his authority under a 1980 law to forbid disclosure of documents that Judge Gesell concludes the jury really does have to see. The judge would then have to dismiss some or all of the dozen charges against North, which together carry a maximum penalty of 60 years in prison and $3 million in fines. At the extreme, North could walk free. Alternatively, he might escape the weightier charges of lying to Congress, obstructing an investigation and shredding Government documents and be tried on only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Top-Secret Strategy | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

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