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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...more immediate and sustainable answer is a negotiated settlement with Hussein, and it appears likely that he would withdraw from Kuwait and release all hostages in exchange for some oil fields...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Consider the Alternatives: A War in the Gulf Isn't Necessary | 11/27/1990 | See Source »

...Lincolnshire, Ill., a direct-marketing publisher, a grand total of $183 billion was shelled out for mail-order purchases and donations. Curse it though Americans may, the great outpouring of third-class communication can provide an antidote to loneliness, access to hard-to-find goods and a convenient answer to a housebound or time-pressed shopper's prayers. Careful study of this stack offers a handy citizen's guide to the most urgent political, environmental and social issues of the day. Cast in the best light, direct mail is the great American transcontinental linkup. It binds one nation, under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Direct Mail: Read This!!!!!!!! | 11/26/1990 | See Source »

...answer -- surprising to those with fixed images of Texas macho culture -- was unequivocally yes. "I don't think the fact that the chief's a woman plays any negative role with the rank and file," says Mark Clark, president of the city's largest police union. "She worked her way to the top. She never had anything given to her." The same refrain is heard during a gripe session with beat cops at a police station in a rough neighborhood. To them, Brown was anathema, an outsider, but Watson is almost family. About the harshest assessment of Watson came from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELIZABETH WATSON: Reforming Our Image Of a Chief | 11/26/1990 | See Source »

What's less bulky than direct mail but just as likely to surround you with carefully crafted pitches? Answer: computerized machines that can automatically call and relay messages to thousands of telephone owners daily, and facsimile machines that can send reams of information to unsuspecting offices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Many Busy Signals | 11/26/1990 | See Source »

...Proud Parent: Some beaming mom or pop settles in next to me and immediately begins to chatter away. Before long, I must answer scores of questions on my SAT scores, my social life and "exactly how I got into Harvard." I then must endure scores of detailed stories about their little pumpkins...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: On the Road Again | 11/21/1990 | See Source »

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