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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Democratic leadership is pondering the wrong question in considering the merits of a woman vice-presidential candidate. If the party had any sense, it would discard the presidential contenders it now has and run a woman for that office. Once nominated, she could placate the few conservatives left in the Democratic camp by naming Walter Mondale, Gary Hart or Jesse Jackson as her vice-presidential running mate. Such an unorthodox ticket would probably stand no less chance than the one that is now being considered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 25, 1984 | 6/25/1984 | See Source »

...after New Jersey health officials found that a box from lot 3116C2A contained 470 parts per billion of the cancer-causing pesticide EDB, roughly three times the recommended federal limit. The Governor urged consumers who found boxes at home bearing the suspect number to "return them to stores or discard them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trouble at the Grocery Store | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

...time of concern over increased deficits, the $8 billion in aid proposed by the commission over the next five years for Central America seems like an exorbitant sum. Surely Congress and the President will work to pare that figure down in the future. For now, Americans must discard the notion that shooting will bring peace to the region and sober up to the reality that there is no flight from commitment from Central America. The cost in humanitarian and strategic terms is too great...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Still the Wrong Prescription | 1/20/1984 | See Source »

King's nagging, though largely irrelevant, proclivity to speak out on everything from Zionism to nuclear policy has managed to draw voter attention away from a platform which--though still incomplete--is more appealing than Flynn's King was wise this summer to discard the African dashikis in favor of the new Mel King Look--the bowtie and suits--and the change symbolized that he had moved beyond the protest leader state. It is surprising that he did not have the foresight to throw the rhetoric into the trash as well...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Blowing It | 11/14/1983 | See Source »

...wise to scrap his thoughts entirely if they wish to achieve peace and move ahead economically. The U.S., on the other hand, would benefit from helping China to modernize. When China's economic standards reach those of the West, there is a chance that the Chinese may discard the Communist system and become a major force in the free world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 17, 1983 | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

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