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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Greeks and the Romans ran the world once too (not that we really do). In a heavenly accounting, those civilizations could provide a hefty list of what they offered to the world. If St. Peter asked Americans what they have offered, what would we say? Do car phones count...
...millions of dollars in relief assistance, Africa remains a continent near disaster. Besieged by natural calamities, civil wars, foreign debt of $175 billion and an explosive population growth that threatens to increase the continent's inhabitants from the present OAU count of more than 400 million to close to 2 billion by the year 2025, Africa faces a worsening nightmare. Almost a quarter of a century after most colonial powers lowered their flags for the last time in Africa, dreams of full independence have given way to hellish economic troubles...
...Thanks a lot, guys, for coming," said FBI Agent Robert Friedrick, supervisor of the bureau's Organized Crime Strike Force in Cleveland. On their own time, some 60 of his Ohio colleagues had gathered outside a federal courthouse in Washington to cheer him as Friedrick was arraigned on five counts of lying to the Justice Department and the FBI. The 13-year bureau veteran is accused of protecting Teamster President Jackie Presser from indictment in a payroll-padding scheme. "We were there to show him we still support him in this time of need," said Special Agent Daniel Gordon. Gordon...
...Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams it's called, an appropriately no-nonsense title salvaged--for reasons of reverence and resonance--from the lyrics of the Rolling Stones' Shattered. So far, this record stands as the most galvanic major-label debut of the year. Some 35,000 copies sold, and still counting. First single just released. Video on MTV. Band on tour. Fans everywhere. Count...
...drawing support from conservatives such as Kemp and Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt. But W. Clark Durant III, a Detroit attorney who chairs Kemp's operation in Michigan, maintains that the Vice President was the big loser last week. "While a lot of the numbers may be overstated or double counted or muddled, the message is really very clear," says he. "The Republican grass roots want an alternative to George Bush. Even by his own count, Bush didn't do very well for a front runner." Moreover, Durant contends, when push comes to shove, many of Robertson's followers will throw...