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...long-term, Verba said he hopes to makeHOLLIS a computer system which users can tap intoto read the contents of the latest scholarlyjournals or to make extensive bibliographies...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: HOLLIS Officially Opens at Widener | 9/30/1988 | See Source »

...companies are aiming to tap newmarkets in East Asia, where a large percentage ofadult males smoke, though consumption remains low.Traditionally, few women and adolescents have beensmokers...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Tobacco Divestment Weighed | 9/28/1988 | See Source »

...clear how many professors Dukakis would actually tap for his administration, but Allison, who announced his resignation from the Kennedy School over the summer, and Ford Foundation Professor of International Security Joseph S. Nye have both been named as likely choices...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Bok Discusses Profs Going to Washington | 9/21/1988 | See Source »

...will no longer ride the subways of the big cities, others who have changed their route to work to avoid the confrontation. In Los Angeles a pedestrian can be approached six times on one block. In El Paso panhandlers congregate at the busiest intersections, hauling children into traffic to tap on the windows of trapped cars. In Chicago they roam the churches, taking their own collections. In Seattle, where a law has been passed banning "aggressive begging," a man was beaten to death in June after allegedly rebuffing a panhandler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Begging: To Give or Not to Give | 9/5/1988 | See Source »

...wiry, scrawny Lee Oswald with a push broom, peeking into girls' lockers when no one's looking." But the Nightmare films are more than a Freddy phenomenon. With sharp humor, a dash of B-movie style and the eerie simplicity of a child's counting rhyme, they tap profound adolescent fears, then exorcise them. It's catharsis on the cheap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Did You Ever See a Dream Stalking? | 9/5/1988 | See Source »

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