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Reagan plans to hammer away at the economic issue, with defense and foreign policy close seconds. In Knoxville, Tenn., he introduced a freshly minted measure of Carter's shortcomings: a "family suffering index," which combines the rising cost of food, fuel and housing along with the unemployment rate. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: War, Peace and Politics | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

So last summer Abernathy, a friend and six students (with a little help from some engineers) scoured the Big Four--as well as the entire Yard, a House or two, some athletic facilities, and other academic buildings--and recently submitted a building-by-building roster of preliminary recommendations. One of...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: The Big Four | 9/24/1980 | See Source »

In the spring of that year, General Erich Ludendorff launched the greatest military assault in history (62 divisions, more than 600,000 men, a 6,000-gun artillery barrage), and after years of stalemate blew a wedge, at places 100 miles wide and 40 miles deep, in Allied lines. By...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Memento Mori | 9/22/1980 | See Source »

As master of Quincy House for the past 15 years, Dunn said he witnessed the "Harvard revolution" of the 1960s. Dunn added he is giving up his position as master in part to devote more time to his academic pursuits.

Author: By Rosalyn E. Jones, | Title: Dunn Resigns | 9/16/1980 | See Source »

For the first time, Bonanno's glib tongue could not keep him out of trouble, as it did in 1964, when three rival dons had him kidnaped after he tried to become the nation's top Mafioso, the capo di tutti capi (boss of all bosses). Bonanno persuaded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Luck Ran Out | 9/15/1980 | See Source »

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