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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mario Cuomo. He won re-election as New York State's Governor with a record- breaking 65% landslide, winning among all types of voters. Yet it was hardly an edifying performance. He seemed churlish about avoiding debates with a feeble G.O.P. challenger and lifted nary a finger for the rest of his ticket. Cuomo lost some of his luster among insiders and could face problems nationally if he continues to raise doubts about his temperament...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Morning Line: How 1986 might affect 1988 | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

...point, while courting the child's mother, the enchanter sees a glimmer of his fate "silently indicated to him by what looked like a strange naill finger." Sometimes remote, sometimes sinister, sometimes humorous, these imagist puzzles are strangely evocative, as well as tantalizing to decipher...

Author: By Jane Avrich, | Title: `Fire of My Loins'--With a Douse of Water | 11/6/1986 | See Source »

...each points the finger of blame at a different cause: Republican William Robinson at the media, and Democrat Joseph DeNucci at Robinson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fear and Loathing in the Race for State Auditor | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

...person who doesn't hear the music is Bill. He wears a walkman and indicates what kind of service he wants by hand signals. Twirling his finger in the air indicates that he desires a cup of coffee. It took me a while to figure this out, but eventually I got it to him. In reponse, he congratulated me with a thumbs...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: A Night in Cambridge, A Day in The Tasty | 10/29/1986 | See Source »

Amid the increasingly furious finger pointing and accusations last week, a picture began to emerge of the support network behind the Hasenfus flight and the well-organized program of contra supply missions. The downed C-123K was part of a fleet of aging cargo planes being used to ferry weapons and materiel to the contras mainly from Ilopango and Aguacate air base in Honduras. The contras reportedly bought the equipment and paid the crews in part with private funds and money borrowed from American and other banks, using as collateral a $100 million aid package that Congress released late last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Notes Oct 27 1986 | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

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