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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Does he miss the Jews...

Author: By Melissa I. Weissberg, | Title: The Creation of Memory | 11/20/1985 | See Source »

...Portuguese colony on the west coast of Africa, has decided it no longer requires his services to oversee the refueling and supplying of passing ships. Grey does not place particular value on his job, the running of "a sort of gas station cum grocer's shop." But he will miss Bom Porto, the seedy, seductive capital of his adopted country, and his mistress Vera, a black woman of commanding girth and friendliness. Leaving her bed on one of the final mornings before his exile home, "George felt posthumous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Channels Foreign Land | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

...said former White House Aide Michael Deaver, who now heads his own p.r. firm. "This is one of those events that if you're not invited," said Sheila Tate, Nancy Reagan's former press secretary, "you'll plan to be away for the weekend so no one will know." Miss Manners, a.k.a. Washington Post Syndicated Columnist Judith Martin, decried the social jockeying not only as "a disgusting spectacle" but, worse, as undemocratic. Above all, she exhorted patriotic readers, "never curtsy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Prince and His Princess Arrive: Charles and Di | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

Bruce Madej, Michigan Sports Information director, decided to design the game last summer when the sports department of rival Michigan State University (MSU) threatened to do it for him. "Mike Pearson from MSU basically said that the MSU game had been really successful and that we shouldn't miss out," Madej said...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Trivial Pursuits | 10/30/1985 | See Source »

...intelligence preparedness. We are well protected against another Pearl Harbor. I am confident we are not likely to miss any such major preparation. We have learned the lesson of Iran and established a team of people who study the factors of instability in various countries. We look at the world on a daily basis. It is hard work, but we are doing fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism: An Interview with William Casey | 10/28/1985 | See Source »

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