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The crisis began in early November, when a Lebanese magazine disclosed that the U.S. had sent military spare parts to Iran after a secret visit to Tehran by Robert McFarlane, the former National Security Adviser. Reports then started to proliferate that President Reagan, who repeatedly declared that he would never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oliver North: Others In History's Spotlight | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

Oliver North? The deputy NSC director for political-military affairs? Washington insiders maintained that no lieutenant colonel could ever run such a complicated, clandestine operation alone. Those who knew North from the U.S. Naval Academy and Viet Nam were not so sure. Wherever he was, they said, he seemed to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oliver North: Others In History's Spotlight | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

As the Iran-contra arms scandal unfolded on the small screen, Oliver North, who took to quoting the Bible and asking for divine assistance, became a household face and name in an unfinished political mini-series. There is more to come, and it remains to be seen whether North will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oliver North: Others In History's Spotlight | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

White House Adviser Oliver North, Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and South Africa's Nelson and Winnie Mandela left their stamp on the year just past.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

As she contemplates the enormous challenges before her, Aquino can take heart, perhaps, from her rare gift for surprise. Stalin is said to have claimed that "you can't make a revolution with silk gloves." Edward Bulwer- Lytton, the British 19th century novelist, believed that "revolutions are not made with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Woman of the Year | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

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