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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...committee is expected to vote to confirm Haig this week, even without access to the tapes. However, the Senators plan to continue to seek any tapes relevant to Haig as part of their continuing oversight function, a process likely to take months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hearing and Believing | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

Police would not confirm whether Sutcliffe confessed to any of the deaths. Reports circulated that they had found incriminating evidence after his arrest: a hammer and knife, similar to the Ripper's grisly tools, lying where Sutcliffe's car had been parked. At a press conference, West Yorkshire Chief Constable Ronald Gregory gave every indication that the Ripper and Sutcliffe were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Hang Him! | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

This study is the first to "confirm the suspicion that diet can contribrute to changes in the blood cholesterol levels," Paul said yesterday. Researchers have said for a decade that high blood cholesterol levels contribute to heartdisease...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Research Links Diet to Heart Disease | 1/8/1981 | See Source »

...head-and then do an extensive series of tests. Among them: shining light into the eyes to see if the pupils contract, spurting ice-cold water into the ears to check whether the eyes react by quivering. In the U.S., physicians also often do an electroencephalogram (EEG) to confirm that there is no brain activity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Are Some Patients Being Done In? | 12/29/1980 | See Source »

Harvard experts yesterday disagreed over President-elect Ronald Reagan's choice of Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr., former NATO commander-in-chief, for secretary of state, but predicted the Senate will confirm the nomination...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professors Predict Haig's Confirmation, Dispute Former NATO Chief's Merits | 12/17/1980 | See Source »

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