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She thought she was the glasnost equivalent of Nancy; no continent the two occupied at the same time seemed big enough. By comparison, last week's distaff summit was a close encounter of a gentler kind, and a small, makeshift stage at Wellesley College was more than space enough for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End of Another Cold War | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

The turning point came his first year, when Romano began what became a four-year-long relationship with a Puerto Rican youth living in Cambridge's Roosevelt Rowers housing project. The encounter led to a flowering of sensitivity for Romano at Harvard.

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: Seeking Social Equity, He Keeps Integrity First | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

Yuko Toyoda thought she was Japanese. After all, she spoke Japanese and looked like her other elementary school friends. But shortly before she entered the third grade, her parents told her that her real name was Kang Woo Ja and she was actually Korean. Woo Ja, surprised but not dismayed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan No Longer Willing To Be Invisible | 5/28/1990 | See Source »

The idea is that these groups are least likely to heed (if they ever encounter) warnings about the potential risks to themselves and their offspring. In other words, minorities, young women and the poor are the most likely suckers to replace the more than 300,000 customers that tobacco kills...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Our Most Respected Drug Pushers | 5/23/1990 | See Source »

In an analysis of the Pentagon, defense specialist Richard Halloran argues that the best way to eliminate the glut of low-intensity forces would be to meld the Marines into the Army. Although many experts agree with Halloran, any move in that direction would encounter huge political land mines. Harry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Needs the Marines? | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

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