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...administration supporter, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), brought out in his questioning Hall's contention that she shredded, altered and sneaked out documents in her clothes because she felt the lives of American hostages in Lebanon were involved...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: I Removed Secret Documents, Hall Says | 6/10/1987 | See Source »

...final hours of the cicada's three-week life aboveground are played out as the female deposits hundreds of eggs in a series of pockets cut in twigs. Nine weeks later the microscopic nymphs hatch, drop to the ground and burrow down as far as 2 ft., where they grow, eat and await their coming-out 17 years hence. The fact that this brood will not reappear until 2004 is one reason scientists are reluctant to put too much of their time into unlocking the cicada's secrets. As Richard Froeschner, a research entomologist at the Smithsonian Institution, points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Tick, Buzz, It's That Time Again Locusts? | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

...putting this in the context of Harvard University, does he enjoy rights to free speech on the grounds that he is a guest of the campus community? He most certainly was not a guest of the community. Whatever plot the Conservative Club and Dean Epps hatch by mutual consent and unleash on the rest of us does not qualify as an invitation on our collective behalf...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Travesty | 5/18/1987 | See Source »

...jump began as a routine skydiving exercise, part of a convention of 420 parachutists sponsored by Skydive Arizona, but it quickly turned into a test of nerve, instinct and courage, carried out within seconds. Moments after he went out the open hatch of a four-engine DC-4 airplane at 9,000 ft. near Coolidge, Ariz., Sky Diver Gregory Robertson, 35, could see that Debbie Williams, 31, a fellow parachutist with a modest 50 jumps to her credit, was in big trouble. Instead of "floating" in the proper stretched-out position parallel to the earth, Williams was tumbling like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Miraculous Sky Rescue | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

Texaco left itself an escape hatch. Officials said that if a settlement was reached soon or a large reduction of the bond granted, then the company could withdraw or suspend the bankruptcy filing. In other words, Texaco could be using its bankruptcy as the ultimate pressure tactic against Pennzoil. Liedtke flew to New York City on Sunday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texaco's Star Falls | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

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