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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Earlier, Albert Hakim, who helped divert millions of dollars in U.S. Government profits from Iranian arms sales into secret Swiss accounts and siphoned some to the contras, was permitted to cop a plea. He admitted being guilty of a mere misdemeanor: helping to buy a security fence for Oliver North's suburban Washington home. In return, felony charges against him were dropped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran-Contra: And Then There Was One | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

...customer to a fiery evangelist), Hall seems poised for a movie breakthrough. In Harlem Nights, which Murphy wrote and directed, Hall is onscreen for only a few minutes, as a gangster who "hates Eddie's guts." He is currently talking with producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer (Beverly Hills Cop) about starring in an action-comedy, which would probably be shot next fall. "By then," Hall says, "either I'll have a grasp on what I'm doing or be sharing a condo with Dick Cavett somewhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Let's Get Busy!! | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

...late in regulation, Cutone zipped a penalty stroke past the husky six-footer to tie the game. The team of destiny was ready to cop its first-ever title. The seniors' years of hard work was about...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Crimson Fairy Tales Don't Always Come True | 11/2/1989 | See Source »

UNLIMITED MILEAGE. Drug terrorism has increased the cost of getting Attorney General Richard Thornburgh around. The nation's top cop now rides in a $100,000 armor-plated limo instead of a Government-issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grapevine: Oct. 30, 1989 | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

BLACK RAIN. Michael Douglas glowers through this formulaic cop drama set in Japan. Director Ridley Scott can make anything -- a nightclub, a chase, a murder -- look sexy. But here he wastes his time -- and ours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Oct. 23, 1989 | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

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