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The Nation 1988
Federal smoking ban during domestic airline flights of 2 hours or less Last U.S. Playboy Club, Lansing, Michigan, closes Republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush-Quayle ticket Robert Bork's supreme court nomination rejected by U.S. Senate Physics – Leon M. Lederman, Melvin Schwartz, Jack Steinberger Chemistry – Johann Deisenhofer, Robert Huber, Hartmut Michel Medicine – Sir James W. Black, Gertrude B. Elion, George H. Hitchings Literature – Naguib Mahfouz Peace – The United Nations Peace-Keeping Forces. Economics – Maurice Allais
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"Finally, the unfortunate reality is that many habitats are not going to be saved. To prevent the genetic legacy of those areas from being extinguished, as many species as possible should be preserved in zoos, botanical gardens and other "gene banks." There, scientists can study a small percentage of threatened organisms and have the options of later returning them to the wild or transplanting some of their genes into other species. The World 1988
U.S. Navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, 29 lost
New York bound Pan Am jumbo jet explodes over Scotland all 258 aboard lost
The Class of 1988
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