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Officials at the university and Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which oversees the operation of radio stations in the United States, said that neither of the 10-watt stations had received permission from the licensing authority...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS CUTS | 12/12/1987 | See Source »

...already heard Bruce Springsteen telling what it is about. The first single from the album, Brilliant Disguise, floats easily in the air to a snapback, mid-tempo rhythm. It is like a silk scarf shading a lamp: the song throws off odd refractions of color and veils a 100-watt glow. The melody is sinuous, but the lyrics say something scary just at the end: "God have mercy on the man/ Who doubts what he's sure of." That is Tunnel of Love in two deft lines, an album about love that is not about exaltation or passion but about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Songs for The Witching Season | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

...should not have included James Watt in your rogues' gallery of Reagan Administration officials who faced allegations of questionable activities. The former Secretary of the Interior was guilty of nothing more than political naivete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Matter Of Ethics | 6/22/1987 | See Source »

...children played games, listened to an impromptu concert by the Krokodiloes, and danced to the Harvard songs and show tunes of the Harvard band, said Elisa Fernandez '88, who, with Melissa Bayer '88 and Margaret Watt '88, co-organized the event. Afterward, the children were shuttled to the Science Center to see a special showing of "Superman...

Author: By Jonathan S. Leff, | Title: PBH Hosts Field Day For 250 Local Children | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

Like Falwell, the members of PTL's new board are no strangers to controversy. James Watt resigned as Ronald Reagan's Interior Secretary after offending several minority groups, and was recently fired by a Native American tribe that claimed his work as its lawyer was inept. Evangelist Bailey Smith, while president of the Southern Baptist Convention, gained brief notoriety by declaring, "God Almighty does not hear the prayer of a Jew." Retired Televangelist Rex Humbard was once rebuked by the Securities and Exchange Commission for selling unregistered securities, and was taken to task in the press for spending too much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Evangelism: TV's Unholy Row | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

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