Word: john
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...roads are lined with pigs, while in American, they are crowded with Jeep Cherokees. Although the 76 square miles of American land is clearly more affluent, it is also, in a curious way, more derelict. "You'll notice that the ceremonies in Western Samoa are much more relaxed," says John Enright, American Samoa's Folk Arts Coordinator. "Over here they're more uptight. There's always a fear that they're losing their traditions, or that they won't get things quite right. I think of this island as a kind of retail store of Samoan traditions, with Western Samoa...
...first interview with a U.S. magazine, Eduard Shevardnadze met with TIME Moscow bureau chief John Kohan and correspondent Ann Blackman last week in a small sitting room next to his office on the seventh floor of the Soviet Foreign Ministry. After handing over his written answers to several questions that had been submitted in advance, the Soviet Foreign Minister spent 45 minutes fielding spontaneous questions...
Some carriers also have virtually monopolistic shares of the business in their "hub" airports and control so-called feeder airlines that funnel passengers into their route systems from outlying areas. Says Missouri's John Danforth, ranking Republican on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee: "Deregulation initially worked as it was intended to work. But increasingly competition has faded away. As of this point in time, deregulation has failed...
After the war and the deluge of his fame, Lawrence stunned friends by changing his identity and going underground. As John Hume Ross, he enlisted in the Royal Air Force. When his cover was blown by a London newspaper ('UNCROWNED KING' AS PRIVATE SOLDIER), Lawrence was forced out of the R.A.F. and subsequently enrolled in the army as T.E. Shaw. In a letter written soon after this move, he noted his divided state of mind and suggested that "perhaps there's a solution to be found in multiple personality...
Accepting defense claims that he was following orders from higher-ups, the jury convicts the retired Marine on only three of twelve charges in the Iran- contra affair. -- A TIME poll finds most Americans want a pardon for North. -- A coal strike in Virginia that would astonish John L. Lewis. -- The strange career of a top congressional aide...