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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...September a blizzard with winds of up to 160 kph (100 m.p.h.), temperatures as low as -43 degrees C (-45 degrees F) and wind chill of -79 degrees C (-110 degrees F) kept the team tent-bound for 13 days. Said Steger when he reached the Patriot Hills campsite in early November: "There were some pretty black moments when I could see the desperation of other explorers like Scott." The British adventurer and his party perished of cold and hunger after reaching the South Pole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: To The South Pole by Sled | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

...entire 163-member Central Committee. Three days later, Krenz stepped down as head of state, a move that left him stripped of the powers he had inherited only a month and a half earlier from his discredited predecessor, Erich Honecker. Manfred Gerlach, who heads a small party until now bound to the Communists, was named to replace Krenz in the ceremonial post of President. Honecker meanwhile was in quick succession expelled from the party, placed under house arrest and slapped with criminal charges. An additional 104 party functionaries and eight former Politburo members were also arrested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West Out of Control? | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

...prices come down and people feel poorer, consumer spending could slow a bit. Other factors may keep the economy humming, but one thing that's bound to slow is the turnover of houses. People are stubborn when it comes to selling their homes at less than they were counting on, let alone at a loss; and, especially after allowing for selling expenses, the equity available from the sale of one's first house may now be less, not more, than what's needed to trade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money Angles: When a House Is Just a Home | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

...volatile issue of German reunification, West Germany's Heinrich Vogel, director of the Cologne-based Federal Institute for East European and International Studies, suggested that West German politicians and the press were exploiting the subject partly because it was bound to be a major issue in West Germany's parliamentary elections next year. Who knew what East Germans really thought about reunification, Vogel asked. "There has been no vote. There are no reliable polls. Let us try to be less hysterical about this subject, less dramatic." Vogel complained of an atmosphere of "suspicion, growing, creeping, seeping in and destroying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What The Future Holds | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

Hodgson said, however, that the library encountered some resistence in installing the HOLLIS system. "It is a very difficult task to integrate HOLLIS into a large and tradition bound institution like Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GSD Librarian Leaves Harvard | 12/16/1989 | See Source »

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