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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...taking documents out of a safe and feeding them into the office shredder. She went to his aid, dropping "12, 15, 18 pages" at a time into the machine. Lieut. Colonel Robert Earl, a North aide, contributed his own secret messages. Ever helpful, she asked North whether she should destroy telephone logs and her copies of computer messages too. Yes, he said. But didn't she know what she was destroying? a committee lawyer asked. "I really didn't notice, sir," she replied frostily. "I was just purely doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shredded Policies, Arrogant Attitudes | 6/22/1987 | See Source »

Though down from their 1983 high, the Tories capture a 101- seat majority, enough to help the Iron Lady in her campaign to "destroy socialism" in Britain. -- A TIME interview with the Prime Minister. -- On a visit to his native Poland, the Pope invokes the legacy of the outlawed Solidarity labor movement. -- A U. S. plan to give Pakistan AWACS planes flies into trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page JUNE 22, 1987 Vol. 129 No. 25 | 6/22/1987 | See Source »

...peddling. But its weight crushes him, forces him to kill the thing he should love. By the end of this fine-handed thriller, the stairs leading from living room to bedroom are littered with bloody archetypes: mom at the bottom, stepdad at the top, daughter in between poised to destroy the black widower. Donald E. Westlake based his sleek script on the case of a New Jersey serial killer. Director Joseph Ruben brings his no-nonsense classicism to what could have been just another tabloid horror story. And Schoelen is the most appealing teen in recent movies. But the triumph...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rushes: Jun. 15, 1987 | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

...When I started, my standard joke was that I'd try to destroy the program first," Fish said. "Then if I wasn't fired, any success after that would be based on my efforts...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Racquetmen: 58 and Counting | 6/11/1987 | See Source »

What the Miami Herald did was despicable. Freedom of the press has got out of hand. Its power to intimidate and destroy is frightening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Judging Leaders | 6/8/1987 | See Source »

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