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There were a string of U.S. defectors to the Soviet Union in the 1960s, including American servicemen who later appeared on Soviet television or in the state-run press to denounce the United States...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former CIA Agent Defects to Soviets | 8/8/1986 | See Source »

...Princess Anne's son Peter Phillips, 8, did a game job of managing both his troops and the bride's train, but the show stealer was Prince William, 4. During the 45-minute ceremony, he played on the cord of his hat like a fakir's apprentice, wrapping the string around his nose and chewing it like a licorice stick. Undaunted by baleful stares from his mother and grandmother, he pulled out his miniature ceremonial dagger and began poking holes in the dress of Diana's niece Laura Fellowes, 6. When his victim wagged a finger of rebuke, the second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From the Windsors, a Down-Home Royal Bash | 8/4/1986 | See Source »

Police believe that Colton and Odom are responsible for the latest in a string of break-ins because they "knew how [the intruders] broke in, which doors they broke, and what they took," Brown said...

Author: By James E. Schwartz, | Title: Two Admit Guilt in Sanctuary Break-In | 7/25/1986 | See Source »

...despite the duo's admission of guilt, CASA members said that questions still remain about the string of seven break-ins which have plagued CASA since late 1984, during which the files of several Central America organizations have been repeatedly rifled...

Author: By James E. Schwartz, | Title: Two Admit Guilt in Sanctuary Break-In | 7/25/1986 | See Source »

...this show, which contrasts old curiosities with a range of modern work that runs from Joseph Cornell boxes to a weirdly beautiful reflection on nature and culture by the contemporary Italian sculptor Mario Merz, involving a motorbike with buffalo horns for handlebars, a zebra's head and a string of neon numbers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Egos, Kitsch and the Real Thing | 7/14/1986 | See Source »

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