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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...withdrawn from the realm of political struggle." Not so, retorted Bakatin, who called a press conference to brand Yeltsin a liar and, giving the knife a turn, charge that his story "does not hold water." Yeltsin may recover from his soaking, but he may also discover that a politician whose private life becomes the butt of jokes eventually does not have to worry about his public life. Just ask Gary Hart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boris The Trigger-Happy | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

...decided to attend a soccer match. The outing may have been business as much as pleasure: as the Politburo member who handled youth affairs, Krenz also oversaw the country's sports programs. Soon after Krenz settled into his seat, an announcement blared over the public address system that the politician was in the stadium. Cheers and applause? Hardly. The fans booed lustily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East Germany: Trading Places | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

...This issue is already too politicized," says Martin. "That's why we didn't go to a politician's home. This issue has been obfuscated for too long...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Race and Politics Mingle In Day School Debate | 10/6/1989 | See Source »

WORLD: Soviet President Gorbachev, still a master politician, has a problem with "the vision thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 134 No. 14 OCTOBER 2, 1989 | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

...There is a very close connection between being a doctor and being a politician," Brundtland observed the next day, speaking in the earnest, faintly academic style that betrays both her Harvard degree and her Calvinist roots. "The doctor first tries to prevent illness, then tries to treat it if it comes. It's exactly the same as what you try to do as a politician, but with regard to society." Which may help explain why this physician offers such a radical prescription for running a country and restoring its health, and why last week's national elections, in which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Norway's Radical Daughter GRO HARLEM BRUNDTLAND | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

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