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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last week Volume II, Means of Ascent, began to run in the New Yorker. The excerpt details a shameless pattern of deceit in L.B.J.'s early career. Among the juicier disclosures is how Johnson, as a noncombatant in World War II, was able to parlay 13 minutes under enemy fire into a Silver Star, which he then had repeatedly presented to himself at public ceremonies. Alice Glass, who according to Caro was Johnson's mistress as well as the lover of one of his most influential supporters, had a more realistic view of Lyndon's war. "I can write...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: History: A Texas-Size L.B.J. Obsession | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

...Contras insist on resumption of the cease-fire President Daniel Ortega ended last week, a general amnesty and a visit by a Contra delegation to Nicaragua to make sure it is safe for the rebels to return...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nicaragua Resumes Talks With Contras | 11/10/1989 | See Source »

...This is a very generous option that Nicaragua is proposing," he said. "They have a choice. We are not going to continue declaring a cease-fire as long as this means that we cease and they fire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nicaragua Resumes Talks With Contras | 11/10/1989 | See Source »

...last direct talks between the Sandinistas and Contras broke down in June 1988. They agreed to a 90-day cease-fire during that session, in March, and Nicaragua had extended it on a monthly basis, with tacit agreement from the Contras...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nicaragua Resumes Talks With Contras | 11/10/1989 | See Source »

Critics of the clause say the council is giving away its most basic executive power--the right to fire the city manager...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: System of Proportional Representation | 11/7/1989 | See Source »

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