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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unvarying 90 beats a minute as Clark made remarkable initial progress. And it pulsed without pause as Clark suffered, and survived, the first major setback in his recovery. The heart's unflagging performance led Dr. Chase Peterson, a vice president of the University of Utah Medical Center to assert: "Barney Clark is not an artificial-heart patient now. He's simply a seriously ill post-operative patient who has had complications and could have more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: And the Beat Goes On | 12/20/1982 | See Source »

Beissinger: Some of the steps Mr. Andropov has taken so far also would indicate that he is trying to assert more control over the bureaucracy. One of those steps is the promotion of Mr. Aliyev--who was head of the Party in Ascrbaijan (a Union Republic located in Trunscaueasia) and before that chief of the KGB in Aserbaijan--to First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers. He achieved a better record of economic performance in Aserbaijan largely through greater control he asserted over the bureaucracy. That particular promotion [of Mr. Aliyev] may indicate the path Mr. Andropov will follow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Looking at the Post-Brezhnev Era | 12/9/1982 | See Source »

Harvard officials say that the auditors have too narrowly interpreted the regulations, while the feds assert that they are merely following the rules...

Author: By Michael J. Abramowitz, | Title: A Question of Interpretation | 12/4/1982 | See Source »

...Brien and other officials assert confidently that these charges are indeed correct. The documentation could be improved, they admit, but they stress that that is not the vital issue...

Author: By Michael J. Abramowitz, | Title: A Question of Interpretation | 12/4/1982 | See Source »

...Eager to assert the authority as duce of law enforcement, the prefect needlessly put his own life on the line. During the Red Brigade campaign. Dalla Chiesa kept on the move all the time, never sleeping in the same place for more than one night: But in Palermo, the routines changed drastically; in order to be among the townspeople, to inspire confidence and a sense of civic security, Dalla Chiesa led a highly visible and regular lifestyle. He could be seen many an afternoon, cheat out, in lightly colored tailored suit and shades boldly swaggering down the streets of Palermo...

Author: By Evan T. Barr, | Title: Cops and Robbers in Palermo | 11/29/1982 | See Source »

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