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...Schroeder, a veteran of 15 years in Congress, had spent nearly four months testing her potential political and financial support, and her announcement stunned supporters who gathered at noon in the outdoor Greek Theater in Denver's Civic Center Park...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Schroeder Decides Against Campaign Run | 9/29/1987 | See Source »

...talks are expected to wind up sometime after noon on Thursday. Shultz will then hold a news conference at the State Department. Shevardnadze scheduled a 4:30 p.m. session at the Soviet embassy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Next Summit May Produce Arms Treaty | 9/17/1987 | See Source »

...area between intelligence activity and paramilitary action have come under grave question. The business of conducting covert wars in an open and democratic society has never come easily to the Pentagon either. America's armed forces traditionally resemble a sheriff prepared for a shootout on Main Street at high noon but not for a back-alley brawl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Secret Army | 8/31/1987 | See Source »

...shortly before noon when the gang of thieves struck. By ripping a screen and prying open a ground-floor window, they entered the Lily Furgerson Child Development Center in Waterloo, Iowa, and swiftly made off with $350 worth of goods. But the weekend burglary had a twist. The robbers were three small children ages 4, 5 and 7. The loot: three fancy tricycles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: Pint-Size Heist | 8/17/1987 | See Source »

...moment, though, "high noon" seems to be at hand anytime, anywhere. Trucker Carl Russell Miller, 27, of Long Beach, had merely stopped his six- wheeler to stretch at about 3 a.m., when a motorist shot out his windshield; flying glass cut Miller's face. Stephen Broderson, 19, said he had made "your normal, everyday lane change" on the San Diego Freeway, when the occupants of a Datsun King Cab pickup tried to force him off the road and fired two rifle bullets into the side of his car. According to police, Edward Petterez, 21, of South Gate, simply honked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Highway To Homicide | 8/17/1987 | See Source »

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