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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...South Dakota, Iowa -- but there's no point in my trying to capitalize on it." Did Bush feel his judgment or integrity has been called into question by his Iran-contra role? "I think most people think it's been exhaustively looked into, that I haven't done anything wrong, though they might question my judgment. But the record speaks clearly on all that. So let the people decide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bushwhacked! | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...course of that search, Hawking, who has no qualms about recanting his own work if he decides he was wrong, may have transcended his famous proof that singularities exist. With Physicist James Hartle, he has derived a quantum wave describing a self-contained universe that, like the earth's surface, has no edge or boundary. If that is the case, says Hawking, Einstein's general theory of relativity would have to be modified, and there would be no singularities. "The universe would not be created, not be destroyed; it would simply be," he concludes, adding provocatively, "What place, then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STEPHEN HAWKING: Roaming the Cosmos | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

Contrary to U.S. beliefs, however, there are in fact countries with a stake in blocking any Middle Eastern peace settlement, she says. Despite Syrian statements to the contrary, it is ridiculous to imagine the driving force behind Syrian foreign policy is a concern for the Palestinians. "There's something wrong in the Syrian position...in fact they do nothing for the Palestinians. The last thing the Syrians want is an independent PLO state on the West Bank or...a settlement of the conflict," says Mylroie, who plans to expand her research on this topic next year...

Author: By Benjamin R. Miller, | Title: Unraveling Middle Eastern Diplomacy | 2/5/1988 | See Source »

February 7, 1984: Bill Cleary stepped outside of the Harvard locker room, fell back against the wall, and smiled. "What do you want me to say?" the Crimson Coach asked. "It was Murphy's Law tonight; whatever could be done wrong...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Icemen Drop Another Shot at 'Pot | 2/3/1988 | See Source »

...Capitol Hill, Reagan's case for the line-item veto suddenly seems a little more convincing. "I used to think the line-item veto was the stupidest idea in the world," says Stephen Bell, former staff director of the Senate Budget Committee. "I was wrong." Republican Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon thinks Congress will eventually be forced to pass the reform. "We're going to be ridiculed into doing it," he says. "I've come to the conclusion that we are not going to be capable of governing ourselves." In discussing the veto, Senator Ted Kennedy recently said something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking A Scalpel to the Deficit | 2/1/1988 | See Source »

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