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Once I met someone who claimed she did the deed herself. Pressing her further, however, she conceded that she didn't actually succeed in finding a sleeping cow to tip, but that had gone out with some "friends" in a good-faith effort to do so. (Not incidentally, the "friends...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Cow-Tipping is a Load of Bull | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

The issues of acquaintance rape are undeniably complex. Often the cases pit the word of one party against the other, reaching a judgment in these cases isn't easy. But the solution isn't to assume that the present system--which discourages women from pressing cases--is optimal. At the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reform the System | 11/6/1990 | See Source »

While the rest of the Republicans' slate of candidates--from an aloof William Weld to an effusive Joseph Malone--were trying to sneak in a few solitary moments with their filet mignon at the head table, Rappaport was out among the well-wishers, pressing the flesh and accepting discreetly-offered...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: A Long Trip Downhill | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

Bishops from India, Africa and particularly the newly liberated churches of Eastern Europe pointed out that their pressing problem is less the barrier of celibacy than how to house would-be priests and where to find the books and teachers to train them. "Do not make the mistake of thinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Big Gamble on the Priesthood | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

Most important, as a working laboratory of labor relations and manufacturing know-how, Saturn will help answer one of the most pressing questions of the 1990s: Can America compete with the Japanese? Automaking may be a relatively old field, at least compared with supercomputer building or gene splicing. But the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Right Stuff: Does U.S. Industry Have It? | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

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