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...current fiasco in Panama demonstrates the Reagan administration's lack of concern with democracy, and its promotion of instability and ruin. As early as 1972, the U.S. government knew that General Noriega was linked to the drug trade. In 1985, the U.S. Army Southern Command in Panama wrote a report citing the involvement of Panama Defense Forces in the drug trade. The evidence was so strong that several senior United States officials tried--and failed--to turn American policy against General Noriega...

Author: By Mitchell A. Orenstein, | Title: Winning in Central America? | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

...Students know too little and their command of essential skills is too slight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A New Battle over School Reform | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

...would steal the show were it not for Adam Barr, who steals it from him. Barr, in the role of Tucker, the Gurney family manservant, injects the production with a dose of much-needed comic relief. As Tucker degenerates from perfect manservant to drunken, pitiable fool, Barr maintains his command over the stage and the audience...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Delusions of Grandeur | 5/4/1988 | See Source »

Dukakis' aides expressed confidence about theprimaries still to come, and said they expecttheir candidate will be able to command a majorityof convention delegates by the time the Democraticprimary season ends on June...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dukakis Wins Handily In Ohio, Indiana Races | 5/4/1988 | See Source »

Whatever differences Gorbachev had with his second-in-command, this was not the kind of brutal, all-out power struggle that had rocked the Kremlin under previous leaders. Those who know Ligachev agree that he is not hungrily scheming to replace Gorbachev...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Clash of the Comrades | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

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