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Massachusetts has transformed traditional liberal social programs into "good, wise, strong investment" since Dukakis was reelected in 1982, Johnston said, citing commitments to the homeless, the unemployed and working mothers that cannot be abandoned...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: State Official: Tax Hike To Fund Social Agenda | 2/9/1989 | See Source »

...going to be our toughest match this season," MacKay said. "We're nervous, but we're psyched for a challenge. Harvard has always been strong depth-wise--but this year--we've got a really strong team from one to nine. We can challenge them depth-wise this year...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Racquetwomen Travel to Princeton to Cage the Tigers | 2/3/1989 | See Source »

...Chicago policemen as big as beer trucks thundering through tear-gas- poisoned air and clubbing with nightsticks. The answering, taunting obscenities and rage, and after that the McLuhan-wise chorus from those being clubbed: "The whole world is watching!" Then, through the death stench of the Chicago stockyards, inside the Democratic Convention, Connecticut Senator Abraham Ribicoff on the podium denouncing the "gestapo tactics" of the police, and down on the floor, in the Illinois delegation, Mayor Richard Daley, face contorted, screaming at Ribicoff. TV's nation of lip readers thought they saw Daley emit the words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Introduction | 2/2/1989 | See Source »

...sense it's more difficult policy-wise than the old time when we knew the Russians were up to no good," says Gurney Professor of History and Political Science Adam B. Ulam...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: A New Age of Soviet-American Relations | 2/1/1989 | See Source »

...bidders now, but last year's food-industry takeovers worried its managers. Chairman Romeo Ventres, who dreamed up the strategy in a sauna, said it might make raiders "think twice." But bidders might be less interested in Borden's bosses than in its brand names (Cracker Jack, Wise potato chips). And Elsie the cow, who appears on Borden's milk cartons, would certainly not stray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAKEOVER DEFENSES: But What About Elsie? | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

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