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The White House has angered Congress on several occasions by turning down pleas for import relief, most notably from the shoe industry. Many Democrats, and a few Republicans as well, are pushing for provisions in the trade bill that would force the Administration to retaliate automatically against unfair foreign traders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Making of A Mishmash | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

McFarlane, who agreed to cooperate fully with independent counsel Lawrence E. Walsh's investigation, could be sentenced to up to four years imprisonment and fined as much as $400,000 for the guilty pleas he entered before U.S. District Judge Aubrey E. Robinson Jr.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McFarlane Confirms He Misled Congress | 3/12/1988 | See Source »

Last week a three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California dismayed the Reagan Administration by doing just that in the nettlesome debate of the military vs. homosexuals. In 1980 the court upheld the Navy's discharge of three people accused of homosexual conduct. In...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Uniform Treatment for Gays | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

In an effort to create an image of Cineplex Odeon as the class act of exhibitors, Drabinsky has spent $30 million spiffing up his 30 Manhattan venues. But he has earned at least that much in negative press with the ticket hike and with last September's shuttering of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Master of The Movies' | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

The Vice President launched a sneaky missile in the debate when he challenged his rivals to release their tax returns. Dole was the target; Bush aides estimate he and his wife Elizabeth had combined 1986 incomes of close to $600,000. If true, this figure might undercut Dole's pleas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Bites Back | 1/18/1988 | See Source »

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