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Anderson denies the charges, and claims that Rutledge quit because he had "done zero" for the club and resented Anderson's "hard-ass" style of pestering executives...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Taking a Sharp Turn Towards the Right | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

...important to realize how insecure we are about what those demands are going to be," says Peterson. He adds the department has "zero idea" of what will be the hot areas for next year's sophomore class...

Author: By Philip P. Pan, | Title: Dealing With Institutional Problems | 4/21/1990 | See Source »

Murphy, who entered state politics as Gov. Michael S. Dukakis's secretary for environmental affairs in 1975, also said she would back a "zero-pollution initiative...

Author: By Peter R. Silver, | Title: Murphy Labels Herself Liberal | 4/20/1990 | See Source »

...remarkable demonstration of the precision with which single atoms can now be manipulated, a skill that could conceivably be used someday to build atom-size transistors or to custom-design molecules. Using an instrument called a scanning tunneling microscope and working on a surface chilled to near absolute zero, researchers Donald Eigler and Erhard Schweizer were able to get individual atoms to respond to the magnet-like tug of a fine tungsten needle. But don't expect to see atom-etching booths at your local science fair. It took 22 hours to haul 35 xenon atoms across the bumpy nickel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TECHNOLOGY: Big Blue's Tiniest Logo | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

...cold war adds new pressures. In spite of Gorbachev's insistence that there are no military solutions to East-West relations, his high command still tends to believe it is a zero-sum contest, a question of who prevails over whom. When Moscow loses the West wins, and vice versa. These days the Soviet Union is losing Eastern Europe and digging in hard to keep from losing one of its own republics. The U.S. is not only winning, many senior Soviet commanders feel, but gloating about the Soviet decline. "The American invasion of Panama was a gift for the generals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Red Army Blues | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

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