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...dealing with Libya had simply failed. Last week she reminded her critics of Libya's continuing support of the terrorist gangs in the Provisional Irish Republican Army and of other Libyan incidents much closer to home. Two years ago, London broke diplomatic relations with Tripoli after Constable Yvonne Fletcher was killed by gunfire from the Libyan "people's bureau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Iron Lady Stands Alone | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

...rebuild the battered agency, the Administration brought back a former NASA administrator: James Fletcher, 66, leader of NASA from 1971 to 1977 and a physicist who headed a commission that urged Ronald Reagan to develop a Star Wars defense against missiles. The mild-mannered Fletcher comes to the post with one handicap: he has accused the Rogers commission of being engaged in a "witch-hunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Astronauts Bail Out | 3/17/1986 | See Source »

Scobee's fascination with aviation developed early. Ruth Fletcher, a classmate, remembers that he drew pictures of airplanes in spare moments throughout elementary school. At Auburn High School, south of Seattle, Scobee was a lineman on the football team, the Trojans, and a part-time grocery clerk at a Safeway store, but he excelled neither on the field nor off. "He was never a class officer, not the star athlete, just one of the bunch," said his coach, Forrest Wohlhueter. "When he went into the Air Force as an enlisted man, that's about where I figured he would head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Francis Scobee 1939-1986 | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

...strong Harvard defense limited the Quakers to just six first-stanza shots, although two by forward John Fletcher nearly went in: a 30-yard shot rebounded off the left goal post, and a later shot of his hit the crossbar...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Booters Rally to Stick Quakers in OT, 3-1 | 11/12/1985 | See Source »

Leverett's Lannon praised his defense's effort: "We knew they had two good athletes [Fletcher and running back Kermit Alexander] who are very fast, so I made sure our defensive ends stayed outside. They contained well. We set the tempo of the game in the first series, and controlled it from then...

Author: By Ted Ullyot, | Title: House Football Nears Playoffs | 11/1/1985 | See Source »

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