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...Last week all of Midlothian (pop. 7,500) learned Moore's secret: he was really George Raffield Jr., 21, a rookie officer working undercover for the local police department to ferret out drug use among the 765 students. On Oct. 24 his body was discovered in a clump of cedar trees near town, a .38-cal. bullet hole in the head. "His cover was blown, and he was murdered because of it," said a Texas Ranger investigating the case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Kid: A cop is shot at a Texas school | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

...there are no immediate plans to excavate the ship, the scientists resealed the entrance hole after meticulously filming every inch of the chamber for later study and mapping. Using a special zoom lens, they filmed everything from the markings on the walls to the lengths of the boat's cedar planks. From the film, archaeologists hope to determine the size of the ship -- and perhaps even discover clues to its purpose. Some scholars believe the vessels were intended to carry the spirits of the dead on their eternal journey around the earth with the sun-god Ra. They disagree, though...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Probing The Chambers of Cheops | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

...trade treaty to Reagan during the second "shamrock summit," which took place last year. Reagan, an avowed free trader, embraced the idea. But even as negotiations proceeded, bitter disputes arose. In one case, the Administration bowed to pressure from U.S. lumber companies by slapping a 35% tariff on Canadian cedar shakes and shingles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada Big Hug from Uncle Sam | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...year after she turned from oils to lint, Barron was divorced and, she says, happily so. The last stop in the peripatetic life of a military wife was Long Beach, and there she settled in a stucco house with a cedar-shake roof, palms and jacarandas along the street, rosebushes and jasmines running along the fence. From this base she would attain a master's in fine arts, a job teaching at nearby Brooks College and a world of lint. Friends, neighbors, students began to save...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In California: Lint Is Art | 6/1/1987 | See Source »

Before leaving Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Dukakis said he would not accept any funds from political action committees in the long and expensive campaign for the presidency, because he does not want special interests to dominate the political process...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Duke's Aides Pleased With Iowa Visit | 3/26/1987 | See Source »

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