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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...evidence contradicted the claim made in the United Nations the next day by Iranian President Ali Khamenei that the landing craft was a "merchant ship" and that the mine-laying charge was a "pack of lies." After the Iranian press agency claimed that the Iran Ajr was carrying food supplies to the port of Bushire, U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger scoffed, "These things certainly weren't vegetables and fruits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Caught In The Act | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

Midway through the second quarter, with Harvard ahead 14-10, the Huskies lined up in their tight punt formation deep in their own territory. Harvard sent a full pack of rushers, and a host busted through the front blocking line and went up against the three link blockers...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Probing For That Key Weakness | 10/1/1987 | See Source »

MOST fireworks I bought were named for odd sayings translated from Chinese, like "Screeming Meemies", or for the Civil War fantasies of their buyers, like the "General Lee Assortment Pack" and "Screaming Rebel...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Keeping Society Safe | 9/30/1987 | See Source »

...members. After flourishing for centuries of imperial rule, nepotism still thrives under avowedly classless Communism. Known as taizi pai, or the princes' faction, the children of leaders attend the best schools, get the best jobs and are allowed to travel abroad. "They are always one step ahead of the pack," complains a Peking University graduate student. The privileged range from Vice Premier Li Peng, 59, the adopted son of the late Premier Chou En-lai, to junior officials throughout the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Princes of Privilege | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

...sundown and Alexandria: Nita had talked him into pulling off his shoes and lying down in a Pullman. "I don't golf, I don't fish. This is my recreation," he said. "I love it." He went into the offstage dealing you do to separate a candidate from the pack and make him a front runner, and if this were a political account we would put the tricks into the ledger. Moreover, on the next day, we would have a quiet hour with the candidate and find him an intelligent, well-intentioned man with pragmatic ideas and lofty ideals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Louisiana: We Got the Hook in 'Em Now, Bubba | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

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