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...They have to keep in shape, especially with reading period and finals coming up," Landry said. "We really can't do much, then. We hope this can tide them over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Athletes Heading for Winning Climates | 12/18/1986 | See Source »

...with his ex-wife (Marsha Mason, full of fire and ire) and thinks maybe a little secondhand psychobabble ("Did we mutually nurture each other?") will do the job. It's funny, and makes his toughness all the tougher. Heartbreak Ridge is not great Eastwood, but it will tide us over until the next Bronco Billy or Tightrope swaggers into view...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Top Gunner Heartbreak Ridge | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

...group has confronted value-free teaching by devising and marketing a model curriculum that states traditional conservative values throughout. Teen- Aid Inc., with headquarters in Spokane and 25 affiliates in the U.S. and Canada, urges youngsters to "resist the tide" of a sex-saturated culture. The program tries to sharpen the "refusal skills" of students and sends summaries of lessons home to parents. Students are told to be careful about what clothes they wear on dates, and not to drink or take drugs while on a date...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Sex and Schools | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

...leaders. "The electorate is ready for some change, the country is ready to move," says Democratic Pollster Peter Hart. "What the voters seem to be saying is that they'd like to see some new faces, new times." Will this result in another turning of the political tide? That depends on whether the Democrats can present an alternative agenda that takes into account the huge changes Reagan has wrought in the nature of the American policy debate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Coattails | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

...semiconductors at a loss, with the aim of pushing their U.S. competitors out of the market. The Japanese chipmakers tend to be diversified electronics giants (the big three: NEC, Hitachi and Toshiba) that can afford to lose money temporarily on semiconductors because they can rely on other revenue to tide them over. In contrast, U.S. chipmakers tend to be specialized, entrepreneurial companies that are more sensitive to profit slumps. An exception is IBM, the world's largest semiconductor maker, but the computer giant sells none of its chips separately because it uses the entire output in its own products...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Feeling the Crunch From Foreign Chips | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

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