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Supporting this incredible confession, Bush's aides have described a period of "reality therapy" for the President. "Frankly," says one, "he didn't understand the deficit until after the election. The sessions have been real eye-openers and have shown him how crucial a budget strategy is to everything else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George Bush: A New Breeze Is Blowing | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

Now White, 31, has squealed again -- on himself. He confessed that at least some of the information he passed on to lawmen was nothing but a pack of lies. While dismayed law-enforcement officials looked on, White demonstrated how easy it is for a would-be stoolie to concoct a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Snitch's Story | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

White claims he confessed his fabrications to absolve a guilty conscience. But he doubts that any other snitch who made up a confession is likely to come clean as he did. "These guys will just get on the stand again and say, 'No, I didn't lie.' Case closed. Back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Snitch's Story | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

The unprecedented confession that a deficit exists signaled that the Soviet Union may have to rely even more heavily on foreign trade and investment to feed and clothe its population. To help attract funds from abroad, Gostev offered to let foreign businessmen buy controlling interests in joint ventures with the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West A Toast - or Roast - for Reform? | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

The technique not only helps place the suspect at the scene of the crime, but can also suggest what he or she was doing there. "One may have some plausible explanation for fingerprints," explains Timothy Berry, a prosecutor in Orlando. "But blood, semen, uprooted hair, skin under the fingernails of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Convicted by Their Genes | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

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