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...credit as a Cal Coolidge conservative, President Bush does not interfere with the internal affairs of a sovereign nation, the United States. Since all agree that the country's internal affairs are in woeful shape, this should give the Democrats a fine opportunity to pelt him with rotten fruit and dead cats in the most important political yard sale of the quadrennium, next February's New Hampshire primary. Here in New Hampshire, however, we are looking at our watches and asking, "What Democrats? What primary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Primary? What Primary? | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

Perhaps last season the Harvard women's softball team would have entered Providence, R.I. hoping not to be defeated too badly by the mighty Bears. Last year, the Crimson eagerly anticipated the end of their woeful season...

Author: By Deirdre Mcevoy, | Title: Batswomen End on Winning Note | 5/8/1991 | See Source »

Harvard now drops to a woeful 2-9 record overall and 1-4 Ivy, just one notch above perennial cellar-dweller Dartmouth. With only two games left, against New Hampshire and the Big Green, the rest of the season is basically a formality, with any hopes of post-season play reserved for summer leagues...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: Yale Spoils Lackluster Laxmen's Day, 14-7 | 4/29/1991 | See Source »

...been a woeful fall for the networks: hits are scarce and the ad market has plummeted. The Big Three are struggling to learn the rules of a new, more competitive game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page: Nov. 19, 1990 | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

...whole world directs its attention, however briefly, to those to whom the earth will soon belong, what kind of leadership can the United States offer? Americans cherish the notion that they cherish their children, but there's woeful evidence to the contrary. Each year thousands of American babies are born premature and underweight, in a country torn by neither war nor famine. The U.S. is one of only four countries -- with Iran, Iraq and Bangladesh -- that still execute juvenile offenders. And nearly 1 in 4 American children under age six lives in poverty. Congressmen wrestling with budget cuts, policymakers musing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Suffer the Little Children | 10/8/1990 | See Source »

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