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There is also the potential for further political surprises. Last week an appeals court in Managua upheld the 30-year sentence of downed U.S. Gunrunner Eugene Hasenfus, thus paving the way for a pardon by Christmas, as President Ortega once hinted might be possible. Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd was expected to ask for Hasenfus' release during a visit to Managua this week. If the Wisconsin gunrunner returns home, various congressional committees are certain to want to question him extensively about the private U.S. supply network...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua Is It Curtains? | 12/22/1986 | See Source »

Ortega told reporters before Hasenfus was released that the pardon also would be a birthday gift for Hasenfus' son Adam. The Hasenfuses also have a daughter, Sarah, 12, and another son, Eugene...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hasenfus Home After Nicaraguan Pardon | 12/19/1986 | See Source »

...Ortega's request, the Nicaraguan National Assembly voted to pardon Hasenfus, a process that took only a few hours from the time it was first announced by the Nicaraguan government radio station...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hasenfus Home After Nicaraguan Pardon | 12/19/1986 | See Source »

...quote from memory. Pardon me if I don't get the words just right. It's the spirit that counts...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: A Lingering Feeling | 12/12/1986 | See Source »

...Nixon thought her husband should burn the Watergate tapes, Julie reports. Her mother was so upset by the scandalous disclosures that she stopped reading the newspapers, and she believed to the end that Nixon had done nothing to require a pardon. For her the pardon was "the saddest day of my life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Julie Nixon's Tribute: A daughter's view of Pat Nixon | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

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