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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviet economy, all but bankrupt when Gorbachev came into office nearly five years ago, has actually deteriorated. He is beginning to get the blame. He desperately needs to show that perestroika is working somewhere, and the Baltics may be the best chance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: The Scientist in the Kremlin | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...turning Atlantic City into an American monument to self-delusion, the casinos blame the town, the town blames the casinos, and everyone blames the state. All of them are right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Atlantic City, New Jersey Boardwalk Of Broken Dreams | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

Though "black rain" actually fits nicely with Scott's dark vision of Tokyo, the exchange between Douglas and Wakayama comes out of nowhere. Perhaps we're supposed to sense the atom bomb beneath the frenetic violence of the rest of the movie. Perhaps Americans are to blame for the nasty pass things have come to in the Tokyo underworld. The point's not clear...

Author: By Kit Troyer, | Title: No Sunrise Over Tokyo | 9/22/1989 | See Source »

...self-destructive behavior of others, maybe I was obtuse in not seeing a linkage between the marijuana of yesteryear and the crack of today. I hope that this admission, which does not come easily, will animate my behavior. But while I am willing to shoulder some of the blame on behalf of my generation, I trust that the other equally respectable co-conspirators in America's two-faced war on drugs will acknowledge their own complicity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Feeling Low over Old Highs | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

Vlok said in yesterday's Parliament debate that the organizers of unrest over the past six weeks "and no one else" were to blame for the deaths of innocent people during the election, but he acknowledged police action had resulted in injuries and deaths...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: De Klerk Elected South African President | 9/15/1989 | See Source »

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