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...CONGRESS THAT dreaded having to act again on evidence of presidential criminality heaves a sigh of relief. The inquiries will proceed, but without the same supreme suspense, without the same compelling uncertainty as to what they might mean for the president. The story now primarily concerns a cast of lesser characters and a trail of missing money. And even where the facts are clear, the legal ramifications...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: By Reason of Inanity | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

...roundheel quester from America gave a sigh of discovery. "Ah." Long pause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...usual limits of professionalism. In fact, compared with Saint Laurent's aesthetic poise or Lagerfeld's streamlined efficiency, Lacroix's enthusiasm looks not quite grown-up, as if he were engaged in a kind of dress-up game. "I do play at being a couturier," he ! acknowledges with a sigh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Welcome to The Fresh Follies | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

...jiving street smarts (with just a touch of street menace), he needs to land in unnerving proximity to some respectable folks. The sense of danger he imparts to the bourgeoisie in the opening reels of 48 HRS., Trading Places or Beverly Hills Cop is what makes the audience sigh with satisfaction when he reveals his essential good spirit later in the picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Lost Star the Golden Child | 12/22/1986 | See Source »

...cadres -- from Cuba, the Soviet Union, East Germany, North Korea, Viet Nam and Libya -- is at this very moment promoting instability and violence in Central America," said Shultz. "The only road to peace and stability is to eliminate that alien intervention." He asserted that "there would be a great sigh of relief in all of Latin America" if a new, more democratic government were installed in Managua...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua the Sandinista Way of Justice | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

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