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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would strongly defend the reporting that was done in the Gary Hart case," Fouhy says. "I'm not going to say there was not a certain amount of smiling done on the part of some publications about the details of "Hart's liaison with Miami model Donna Rice...

Author: By Eric S. Solowey, | Title: Edward Fouhy | 2/24/1988 | See Source »

...believe. And why is someone in your family in prison. And, as I'm told, my mother was tortured by the Gestapo. And when she told me this, I was in the army-we had a draft army during the war. And I says, `I see no reason to defend this system with a weapon,'" Kluncker says...

Author: By Eric S. Solowey, | Title: Heinz Kluncker | 2/24/1988 | See Source »

...needs to be changed, while many young people support its basic principles. Even some lobbyists for the aged privately accept the need to adjust Social Security, by raising the age of eligibility or taxing benefits for the wealthy, as part of a drastic deficit- reduction plan. While many retirees defend Social Security, they are horrified by the legacy of a $2 trillion debt they will leave behind. "The interest on it is about $1,000 a second," says George Toll, 82, of Long Beach, Calif. "That's why I worry about my grandchildren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Grays on The Go | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

...have to handle it in the most human limitations," Shamir said, addressing a news conference in English. "We have to defend ourselves and at the same time continue our efforts for finding peace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Israeli Official Decries Soldiers' Conduct | 2/17/1988 | See Source »

...offside rule in effect, but there are restrictions on the movements of the players. The defensemen and forwards cannot cross their side of the center-ice red line. But the center is allowed to go into both halves of the rink, so she must be able to defend the other center and also beat the other center into the offensive zone. The speedy Lind, not surprisingly, played center...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Ringette to Hockey in Ten Easy Steps | 2/17/1988 | See Source »

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