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...administered to him, without his consent, by the government. The passages where this information is vouchsafed remind us of '70s paranoid thrillers. Since the drug was given to him in Vietnam (it was supposed to make everyone in his Army unit more aggressive), we are reminded of the '80s effort to come to terms with the war. And since at one point he is afforded a promising glimpse of the afterlife, we are reminded of Ghost (another effort by the same screenwriter, Bruce Joel Rubin), which one fervently hopes is not going to set the style...
...flurry of financial blows has knocked the stuffing out of an industry that made a record $1.7 billion in profits in 1988. After a wrenching consolidation during the '80s that forced over 200 carriers to merge or disappear, the few remaining major companies are about to undergo another shake-out. Already wobbling badly, a couple of the weakest ones -- Pan Am and Eastern -- may disappear. Others, like TWA and Continental, may be forced to merge with stronger partners or shrink down to a more manageable size...
Weiler said that more changes came during the second period, from the early '70s until the mid '80s. During this time, more states accepted the notion that the community's powers extend beyond those spelled out in the original charter. As a result, he said, authority was slowly transferred from the states to the community...
Finally, during the third period, from the mid '80s until now, the community has abandoned its reliance on consensus for decision-making, Weiler said. Instead, he said, the states have increasingly accepted majority rule, strengthening the community's power over states that disagree with particular policies...
More ironic, in the field of crime, women are achieving a dubious sort of equality with men. Mandatory minimum-sentencing laws passed in the late 1970s and early '80s have forced judges to hand out long sentences to women. Says Carole Laughton, an inmate of the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton, N.J.: "With equal opportunity and all that,we're getting longer time. It has hurt...