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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...country plainly visible. Fortunately, nothing of great importance is to be gleaned from the text. Says a State Department official: "It's not a serious breach." Nonetheless, the incident has embarrassed the State Department, which is usually quite careful with top-secret material. Though Spiers is not expected to lose his job, an in-house investigation is under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Embarrassing Moments: Blowing His Cover | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

Despite this, Webster often admonished his FBI colleagues that the end does not justify the means. Fretting over a request to bug the chambers of a Chicago judge, he told an associate, "We have to take a strategic look. Even if we win, do we lose? Are they going to say we will be in the confessional next?" He ultimately approved the bugging, but insisted the conversations could be recorded only when agents watching the judge's chambers had good reason to suspect that the visitor would offer a bribe. The case, known as Operation Greylord, resulted in the conviction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: G-Man Among the Spooks | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

...picture in the East is less set with both conferences holding their championships this weekend. According to Joe Bertagna, executive director of the ECAC, Harvard and Boston College would probably receive bids even if they were to lose both of their upcoming tournament games. A single victory by either squad should insure a spot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Explaining the NCAA Process | 3/13/1987 | See Source »

...questions then remain: why did Harvard falter, and what will happen next year? Surely part of the Crimson's problem was just plain bad luck. When you lose that many games by just a few points, you're almost certainly getting more than your share of bad bounces...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Silly Putty | 3/10/1987 | See Source »

...lose or draw today, both teams will stand still...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: With Nothing to Lose, Something to Win | 3/10/1987 | See Source »

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