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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hard to tell how bad he was hurt. He was sort of sitting up against the wall in a pool of coagulated blood," said Robert E. de Neufville '92, who came upon the scene shortly after the other students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News Briefs | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...already suffering from the U.S., European and Japanese bans. Kwong Fat Cheung Ivory once employed 100 carvers. Now there are five, all old men, who at night can be found sitting around a table eating a silent dinner of silvery fish, cabbage and egg. Behind them is a wall of ivory tusks in burlap sacks that were destined for Taiwan until that country declared a ban in August. "There is nothing to give them to do," says Eddie Huen, one of five brothers who run the business started by their father. "They are just sitting, waiting for the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elephants: Trail of Shame | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...time even registered ivory reaches Japan, the link with Africa is all but lost. On the wall of the Fuso Trading Co. in downtown Tokyo is a photograph of a lone elephant standing in silhouette against a red sunset. "We don't know exactly what country the ivory originated from, very sorry," says company accountant Miyako Yoshida. Last year the company imported 4.5 tons of ivory from Singapore, of which 2.5 tons went for making piano keys. Once Yoshida and a customer saw a film in which an elephant was shot. She said they covered their eyes in horror...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elephants: Trail of Shame | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...fourth time around, Arico sealed the victory. After another Harvard tripping foul just outside the box, she deftly curled the free kick over the defensive wall and under the crossbar for her 11th goal of the season...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Women Booters Topped by UConn, 2-0 | 10/13/1989 | See Source »

Religion. The wall separating church from state will be tested in a case from Omaha that also touches on freedom of speech. The court will review the constitutionality of the federal Equal Access Act, which opens up public schools to student religious groups when any "noncurriculum-related" student group is allowed to meet on school grounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Enter, Stage Right | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

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