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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...longer appropriate, said Sankara, because it was chosen not by Africans but by white French colonists. Last week Sankara, 37, a popular and charismatic leader who was every inch an upright man, was himself replaced. He was ousted and killed in a bloody rebellion led by his second-in-command, Captain Blaise Compaore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burkina Faso Upright Down | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

...Democrat. He'd be a good, tough candidate in the general election." The leaderships of the Hart campaigns in New Hampshire, Illinois, Florida and Washington State have come over to the Gore camp virtually en masse. In the seven debates to date, Gore's combination of self- assurance and command of substance has helped him overcome the misgivings about his age and inch upward in the polls. He is so pleased with his performance that he has added a new line to his stump speech: if elected, he vows to challenge Gorbachev to debate ideology and foreign policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Portrait, Al Gore:Trying to Set Himself Apart | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...music wall that had long separated singer and songwriter; now a man could perform his own compositions and do it with amazing sass. He could do wrong too, and here again Berry was a pioneer. Through decades of one-night stands, too much monkey business and a few command performances in stir, he fixed the image of the rock artist as outlaw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chuck Berry: Still Reelin', Still Rockin' | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

After a short return, the Big Green took command at the Harvard 46. A handoff up the middle was stooped by Harvard Captain Kevin Dulsky and his mates. Rorke took to the air on second-and-11, finding Anderson on the right for a seven-yard reception. Rorke bobbled the ensuing snap and Harvard lineman Rich Mau jumped on the ball, giving Harvard possession on the 38 with eight minutes left in the quarter...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Gridders Turn Green Black and Blue | 10/17/1987 | See Source »

...investigated the bombing to identify the perpetrators. They concluded that Adolfo Calero and the C.I.A. ordered the bombing to assassinate Pastora. For at the press conference, Pastora was about to denounce the F.D.N., Calero's Somocista comrades, and his C.I.A. controllers, and publicly refuse to submit to their unified command...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Calero | 10/8/1987 | See Source »

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