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...Islamic art exhibit at the Sackler Museum opens the door to a fairy-tale world of noble kings, evil demons and enchanted forests. Paintings for Princes: The Art of the Book in Islam is an unusually vivid and fascinating exhibit...

Author: By Angela S. Lee, | Title: Painting Fit For Princes: Sackler Exhibit Opens | 3/2/1990 | See Source »

...remember one vivid phrase or image from George Bush's recent State of the Union message? Probably not. And a big reason, quite simply, is that Peggy Noonan did not write it. For if words are the weapons of politics, then Noonan -- whether nervously chain-smoking at her computer in Ronald Reagan's White House or minding her baby son at home as she created the "kinder, gentler" persona for George Bush -- commanded a battalion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Jane Austen of Speeches | 2/19/1990 | See Source »

Rather than simply chronicling the events around campus, Snapshots seeks to give a vivid description--a snapshot--of student life at Harvard...

Author: By Lan N. Nguyen, | Title: Staying Away From the Political Fray | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

Thus began the worst computer breakdown in the history of the U.S. telephone system. The incident was also a vivid reminder of how susceptible America, and the world, has become to computer failures -- natural and man-made. In 20 years of intensive automation, everything from supermarkets to stock exchanges has been computerized. Last week businesses and consumers were forced to face up to a downside of technology that becomes apparent only when the new systems fail. Said Steven Idelman, chairman of Omaha-based Idelman Telemarketing: "When things go wrong in a computer environment, they go wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ghost in The Machine | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

...most emotional dose of separatism. Nonetheless, there was something exhilarating about seeing the leader of the Soviet Union debating citizens in the streets. Thomas Jefferson could not have asked for a better illustration of democracy in action, though Gorbachev may have wished for an experience a shade less vivid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Now, Divorce? | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

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