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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviets early on made plain that soapboxes would not be permitted at their party. When an Italian gay rights activist tried to stage a demonstration in Red Square, he was quickly overwhelmed by uniformed police and plainclothes KGB officers. The police also closed in on a group of journalists who were covering the stunt. U.P.I. Bureau Chief John Moody was kneed in the groin and detained for 25 minutes, two French photographers were roughed up and forced to expose their film and an NBC cameraman had his film confiscated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Cheers,Jeers in Moscow | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

...Random Winds, Plain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Best Sellers | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

...miners were blocking the roads and vowing to fight the coup "until the ultimate consequences." There were ominous signs that the junta had adopted the chilling anti-terrorist tactics pioneered by Argentina's military bosses. As in Argentina, a number of activists simply disappeared after being kidnaped by plain-clothes thugs in cars without license plates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOLIVIA: One More Time | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

...REAGAN AND FORD. Both the Associated Press and United Press International swallowed the Ford story-and swallowed their pride later in the night with corrected versions. Eastern radio and television stations using the wire-service reports on their 11 o'clock newscasts got burned. So did the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, the Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer and the Shreveport (La.) Times, all of which had a Reagan-Ford ticket for part of their press runs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: A Convention Hall of Mirrors | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

...Random Winds, Plain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Best Sellers | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

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