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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WHAT does it mean when important leaders of our society withdraw from the political debate? Can it be that they see themselves as the modern-day equivalents of mythology's Paris--believing that a wrong choice on their part could launch a thousand ships? What a thought. Either these leaders are right about their importance in society--which would be frightening enough--or, more disturbingly, they could be trying to guide our national institutions toward some ideal where values like Veritas and objectivity dwarf the petty concerns of partisan politics...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: The Issues of the Day | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

...rentals. The biggest tenant: the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Federal agency that is supposed to enforce antidiscrimination laws. Why should taxpayers spend $5.5 million a year to house Government bureaucrats in such lavish premises? For one thing, says EEOC Chairman Clarence Thomas, lesser quarters "would be sending the wrong signal" and might even cause people not to take the EEOC "seriously." The lease may just send the wrong signal to Congress, which is considering legislation to encourage agencies to move to the less expensive suburbs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bureaucracy: Putting on The Ritz | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

...People have simply done analyses wrong as to whether intervention [testing] is likely to be [helpful]," Kleiman says. He adds that in the past, studies have simply reported whether people have tested positive for AIDS symptoms. There is no reason to assume that those who have will practice safe sex procedures, Kleiman says, and policies must be designed to convince them...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: Growing Up and Branching Out | 9/23/1988 | See Source »

Garrison is a Black who overcame long odds to get where she is today. She grew up on the wrong side of Houston, learning her tennis at dangerous Riverside Park, the wrong place for a young teen to learn anything...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Drowning Out the Old Racist Rancor | 9/22/1988 | See Source »

...answer is for government to find ways to bring down the cost of health insurance and to make it more affordable and available, but not to mandate an outrageously expensive program that in other countries has already proved itself to be absolutely the wrong way to go," Goodin said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dukakis Unveils Health Insurance Plan | 9/21/1988 | See Source »

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