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...Bliss may have been held because Qualcomm failed to pay a bribe. The arrest may also have been a political move by provincial FSB officers wanting to show the West who was boss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Spy' Case Strains U.S.-Russian Ties | 12/5/1997 | See Source »

...promising to slash one third of his nuclear arsenal would have made banner headlines worldwide. But when Boris Yeltsin made that pledge in Sweden on Tuesday, it barely rated a mention. Which could have something to do with the fact that his spokesman, Sergei Yastrzhembsky, told reporters that his boss had been "tired" when he spoke ? and no, this was not a promise, merely a suggestion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yeltsin's Nuclear Gambit | 12/3/1997 | See Source »

...barring Carey from running again, federal monitor Kenneth Conboy said the Teamsters boss was a party to illegal schemes to funnel nearly $900,000 of union funds to the 1996 campaign in which he narrowly defeated challenger James P. Hoffa. The explosive ruling followed guilty pleas last September by three Carey aides, including Michael Ansara, a co-founder of the radical Students for a Democratic Society at Harvard in the 1960s, who admitted to helping shift $95,000 of union dues into Carey's coffers. Carey denies knowing about the illegal acts and vows to fight the disqualification ruling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEAMSTERS BOSS RON CAREY: THE RUIN OF A REFORMER | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

...your best speech," my boss told me. "Unfortunately, it's been decided that the President is going to Philadelphia instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHO WROTE THIS (EXPLETIVE DELETED)? | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

...With Cohen and his boss believing the latter, any hope of an early end to sanctions ? as per last week's Russian-brokered deal ? disappears faster than you can say "veto." And Saddam is not likely to take such a setback lying down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trouble at the Palace | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

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