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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Half of the defendants were absent throughout the trial. The sole Bulgarian in court was Sergei Antonov, 37, the bespectacled deputy chief of Rome's Balkan Air office, who has been in Italian custody since 1982 and allegedly helped plan the plot. His presumed accomplices, Todor Aivazov, 43, and Zhelyo Vassilev, 44, Bulgarian embassy officials in Rome at the time of the shooting, were safely home in Sofia. Both left Italy shortly before Antonov's arrest as part of what Bulgarian officials called a normal embassy rotation. Two of the four Turkish defendants were also missing. Oral Celik...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italy a Thicket of Contradictions | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...second half went better, a succession ofstrong numbers culminating in Copaken'shypercharged "Too Turned On," which garnered anovation from the audience. But the thread of thestory started to unwind as the cast tried to coverfor a series of lighting snafus, malfunctioningmikes and absent slides that clarify the meaningof the lyrics...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Opening Night Anxiety Reaches Wuthering Heights | 4/5/1986 | See Source »

...guess who was absent the next week. I did consider dropping by the next week and rolling a grenade into the room, but I figured the Antichrist would be impervious to such weapons...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: A Section in Hell | 3/18/1986 | See Source »

...while Harvard's defense was impressive, its offense--virtually absent in the Crimson's 4-2 semifinal loss to Clarkson Friday--turned in a performance reminiscent of earlier victories over Vermont and defending NCAA champion RPI in early March...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Icemen Crush Yale | 3/17/1986 | See Source »

...people "all my life up to my last breath." Though she was choked with emotion, few people outside the palace sensed that this was to be the Marcoses' farewell. Then the Marcoses sang favorite songs, at one point offering a duet to the cheers of the invited guests. Conspicuously absent was Marcos' Vice President, Arturo Tolentino, who later said that he had not wanted to take the oath of office because he hoped to play an intermediary role between Marcos and the reformists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines Anatomy of a Revolution | 3/10/1986 | See Source »

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