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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The Guinness Book of World Records does not have to look further than the sponsor's backyard to find a candidate for the oldest struggle for independence. One character in Peter Maas' richly layered novel of Paddys and Provos says the Irish have been going at it since the 12th...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fatal Schism | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

In the 15 years since he helped topple a President, Carl Bernstein has become famous more as a celebrity than as a journalist. He has been pictured on the gossip pages with a procession of notable women. He was portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in All the President's Men, based...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: My Father the Communist | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

Dick Cheney is perhaps the only good thing to come out of the John Tower mess. The six-term Wyoming Congressman and new Defense Secretary-designate is many of the things Tower was not: a gentlemanly lawmaker whose low-key style belies his tenacity; a conservative who wins plaudits from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On The Second Shot, a Straight Arrow | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

Q. Is there something in the Russian character that hinders progress in this country?

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with BORIS YELTSIN: One Bear Of a Soviet Politician: | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

A. I think the problem derives from conditions that do not allow the Russian character to express itself. The Russian character is no weaker than the American character. We also have people with a flair for business, but, of course, in the matter of entrepreneurship, some of your executives have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with BORIS YELTSIN: One Bear Of a Soviet Politician: | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

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