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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most complete reconstruction of Iranscam yet, the single-spaced 65-page report presents a readable, dispassionate account of Administration officials pointing fingers and offering conflicting stories about who knew -- and did -- what, when. The result, says Oklahoma Democrat David Boren, the committee chairman, is a "picture of making foreign policy that was in real disarray." The picture shows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Picture of Real Disarray | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

...morning of January 14 when a masked assailant entered a freshman dormitory and raped a woman student at knifepoint. But with the victim's unwillingness to tell police details of the attack, law enforcement officials said that they cannot pursue the investigation, whose integrity relies on her account...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Williams Rape Victim Won't Aid Police | 2/7/1987 | See Source »

...AIDS was restricted to intravenous drug users and heterosexuals and their behavior were uniform and predictable, there would be no way to estimate accurately the time at which most cases of AIDS would result from heterosexual-to-heterosexual contact. Depending on the assumptions, heterosexual-to-heterosexual contact could account for the majority of AIDS cases in six years, 10 years, or never...

Author: By William Bennett, | Title: COMMENTARY | 2/5/1987 | See Source »

...deterioration of service is apparent almost immediately. When a new customer tries to open an account at the Wells Fargo Bank, an officer haughtily sniffs that it will not be possible until his signature has been verified and his banking history thoroughly checked. Then she simply turns away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Service: A Homecoming Lament | 2/2/1987 | See Source »

...homeowner receives a cordial letter inviting him to apply for a charge account at J.W. Robinson's, a department-store chain. But his application for credit is rejected with a form letter alleging an "insufficient credit file." It should have read, "We are too lazy to check further...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Service: A Homecoming Lament | 2/2/1987 | See Source »

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