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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Peter E. Scherr '88, of Winthrop House, is a gamblin' kinda guy. When a friend bet him $20 Saturday that he couldn't consume eight chickwiches before the end of lunch at 2 p.m., the Psychology concentrator didn't bat an eyelash...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Reporter's Notebook | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

...PICKED UP the phone the other day, and it was my old friend Ollie North. "What up, dude?" I asked...

Author: By Ariela J. Gross, | Title: War on What? | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

...girls, whose ages range from 13 to 31. He is scheduled to retire from the military in two years. The central question is how long he will side with Aquino now that he is no longer the point of balance between the President and Enrile. Says a longtime Ramos friend: "Circumstances demanded that he be loyal to the President. Eddie is not loyal to only one person at all times. Everything is circumstantial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burdens of Power | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

...modern musketeer living out foreign-policy fantasies. In the summer of 1984, as congressional aid to the contras was being cut off, North journeyed to a rebel camp in Honduras. "I told them I'd be personally responsible for seeing they got what they needed," he reported to a friend. He radiated impatience with bureaucratic desk jockeys and always seemed to be on the move. Once, after arranging to meet someone for a drink, he showed up 45 minutes late, barked, "Okay, bottoms up and pay the bill," and abruptly announced that he needed a car and driver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Fall for a Man of Action | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

...morning was ignominiously turned away at the gate. His office has been sealed by the FBI. If it is established that North was behind the arms sales, he may be prosecuted for violation of the Arms Export Control Act, which requires congressional notification of all American arms transfers. A friend of North's recalls that the Marine often joked about the possibility of being jailed or court-martialed. For Ollie North, it was all in the line of duty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Fall for a Man of Action | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

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