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...yesterday's second game at Soldiers Field, Adams/Mather defeated the expansion Currier squad, 14-8, for its first win of the young season. But Currier (0-1) was by no means distraught over the outcome...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: House Football Wrap | 10/24/1986 | See Source »

...Gotti's past: "He lost a son. You want to know something? I hope he gets away with it. I pray for him." In 1979 a neighbor accidentally killed Gotti's twelve-year-old son when the boy rode a motorbike in front of his car. Gotti was distraught; his wife seemed broken. A few months after the boy's death, the neighbor disappeared. Police suspect that he was stuffed into a car as it was about to be compacted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two From the Neighborhood | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

...distraught mothers, there is no cure, and mystery only makes our trial worse...

Author: By Kristin A. Goss, | Title: Cry for Me, Argentina | 8/5/1986 | See Source »

...hearing the ruckus, came out to investigate. The man, now desperate, flashed his Soviet passport. No reaction. Next, he took out his military identification card. A glimmer of comprehension. The consul copied the Cyrillic letters and sent them upstairs to the CIA station chief. Minutes passed. No response. The distraught man exclaimed that he would be shot if they did not do something quickly. Then a CIA man, curious about the fuss, took one look at the card and promptly rushed to talk to his boss. Only then did the station chief come down and, with proper apologies, invite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defection: No Jumping in Line | 7/28/1986 | See Source »

...Tuesday, Annis Kofman, a Dutch amateur radio enthusiast, reported picking up a broadcast in which a distraught ham operator near Chernobyl announced that two units were ablaze and spoke of "many hundreds dead and wounded." In Kofman's account, the man cried, "We heard heavy explosions! You can't imagine what's happening here with all the deaths and fire. I'm here 20 miles from it, and in fact I don't know what to do. I don't know if our leaders know what to do because this is a real disaster. Please tell the world to help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deadly Meltdown | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

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