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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...like my writing about boating in a satirical way. Extremists are extremist, no matter what. They are always funny. There are people who think I am the James Watt of the animal-rights movement because I still wear leather shoes and eat the occasional McNugget. They may be heading in the right direction, but they can act pretty silly during the journey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: with BERKE BREATHED: A Hooligan Who Wields a Pen | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

...North is compelled to testify, the case against his former boss faces other hurdles. Poindexter has subpoenaed Ronald Reagan's diaries to support his claim that many of his actions were ordered by the former President. He also wants to use classified Government documents. If he is denied the right to use either as evidence, the case against him could be dismissed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran-Contra: North Returns A Favor | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

...mood of angry isolation that would be no help for world stability. Bush, who lived in Beijing as U.S. envoy for 13 months in 1974 and '75, fancies himself an old China hand. He seems to rate preserving the carefully nurtured U.S. strategic relationship with China well above human-rights considerations, which he has always valued below the need for order and stability in world affairs. When former President Richard Nixon and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger returned from exploratory trips to China with the news that Beijing wanted closer relations but thought the U.S. should make the first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush The Riverboat Gambler | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

...rest of the ladder aren't lacking in experience. Take, for example, freshmen Marty Clark and Josh Horwitz, both of whom have yet to lose a game this season. Their squash backgrounds are impressive, indeed. Clark was the number-one U.S. under-18 player last year. Horwitz was right behind Clark at number...

Author: By Rebecca D. Knowles, | Title: The Year After the Streak: Harvard Regroups | 12/19/1989 | See Source »

...Nicaraguan maverick, returned to Managua last week in a homecoming more quixotic than heroic. The charismatic former guerrilla will campaign for dark-horse Social Christian presidential candidate Erick Ramirez, touting him as an alternative to both the Marxist Sandinistas and the National Opposition Union, a coalition dominated by the right wing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua: A Plague on Both Houses | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

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