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Someone will do it. Some rube of an American photographer, strangling in the only necktie he owns, will shout, "Hey, Queen!" Some reporter, his thought processes numbed by majesty, will panic and address her first, which is Not Done, and then compound his blunder by asking her views on Prince Andrew's American girlfriend, former Soft-Porn Actress Koo Stark. Somebody will break commonly observed protocol?royals are not to be photographed taking nourishment?and shoot a picture of her doing the unthinkable to a Parker House roll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Royalty vs. the Pursuing Press: In Stalking Diana, Fleet Street Strains the Rules | 2/28/1983 | See Source »

...setting. They often remain inactive for years before receiving an assignment from Moscow. Illegal Agent Rudolph Herrmann slipped into the U.S. by way of Canada in 1969 and, while posing as a freelance photographer, arranged information drops for other spies. FBI agents caught up with Herrmann because of a blunder by his KGB contact and turned him into a double agent. Herrmann "officially defected" in 1980, after receiving orders from Moscow to groom his son for the spy trade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The KGB: Eyes of the Kremlin | 2/14/1983 | See Source »

...sudden death overtime it takes just one of those things, and B.C.'s came when a defensive blunder allowed Eagle Captain Lee Blossom to go one-on-one with goalie Grant Blair. Blossom didn't miss...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: What's My Line? | 2/9/1983 | See Source »

...bellicose rhetoric of the Reagan campaign alarmed many bishops, who feared that the new Administration might blunder its way into nuclear war. Many bishops became more active in various antinuclear efforts. In November 1980, the bishops authorized the Bernardin committee to begin work on the pastoral letter. Pressed by mounting local demands to help the poor and the unemployed, key church leaders like Roach also assailed Reagan's $1.5 trillion defense buildup. The ensuing antinuclear wave in Western Europe and the U.S. has strengthened the bishops' commitment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bishops and the Bomb | 11/29/1982 | See Source »

...Ohio Cadillac dealer who invested $100,000 in his older brother's company, believes that John was "set up" for the drug bust. "It's totally against his ethical and moral character," says Charles. But even more, it seems, the younger De Lorean thinks John is too canny to blunder so badly. "He's not dumb enough to put himself into a situation like that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Life in the Fast Lane | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

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