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Some questions are so fraught with political ambiguity that a criminal trial cannot answer them completely. One such conundrum: Who should be held accountable for the Iran-contra affair? Last week a jury in Washington rendered a judgment on retired Marine Lieut. Colonel Oliver North. But it was a verdict...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Partial Vindication | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

Though Shevardnadze is smoother than Gromyko, he can be just as tough as his predecessor. It was Shevardnadze, after all, who forced an unhappy President Najibullah to accept the fact that the Soviets were leaving Afghanistan. In February he told Oliver Tambo, leader of the African National Congress, that the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Boss of Smolensky Square | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

When the Rev. Calvin Butts III of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church was asked by CBS about the attack, he spoke of "the examples that our children are faced with." Such as? "We've had Presidents resign, foreign Prime Ministers resign in disgrace. We've had Oliver North lie publicly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Crime And Responsibility | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

Law and Order Dept: The jig is up for Oliver North. The former Marine Corps colonel who trampled on the Constitution in the name of democracy is finally getting his just desserts. A federal court jury found North guilty on three of the 12 counts against him, including aiding and...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: For God, Council and Harvard | 5/5/1989 | See Source »

GUTS AND GLORY: THE RISE AND FALL OF OLIVER NORTH (CBS, April 30, May 2, 9 p.m. EDT). Following his real-life trial, the embattled lieutenant colonel (David Keith) gets his day in TV court, courtesy of a two-part docudrama.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: May 1, 1989 | 5/1/1989 | See Source »

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