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Alexandra P. Biryukova, the highest-ranking woman in the Soviet hierarchy, gained an alternate, or non-voting, Politburo spot, as did Anatoly I. Lukyanov and Interior Minister Alexander. V. Vlasov, the nation's top policeman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gorbachev Ousts Top Party Officials | 10/1/1988 | See Source »

After the incident, bleeding from the throat, Kang turned back and walked a mile to 77 Massachusetts Ave. where he saw an MIT policeman, Homans said. Kang asked the officer for help shortly before Cambridge police reports for his arrest were issued over the radio...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: Court to Hear MIT Assault Case | 9/24/1988 | See Source »

...They are Puritans who should stay on Plymouth Rock. Ghosts? The occult? We don't say these stories are true; we just report them." The methods tabloids use to substantiate their sometimes unlikely stories are often ingenious. To prove UFOs have been frolicking in Wisconsin, reporters will wrangle a policeman or pilot to say "Sure." And in a pinch, some editors have been known to put an authority on a subject in Eastern Europe to elude verification...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida: The Rogues of Tabloid Valley | 8/15/1988 | See Source »

...dusty stretch of track outside Colton, Calif., a railroad bull confronted three rumpled men about to hop a stalled desert-bound freight. "Turn around," ordered the policeman, resting one hand menacingy on his gun. Frisking the hoboes, the lawman squinted in disbelief: their driver's licenses bore upscale California addresses in West Los Angeles, Marin County and Palm Springs. "Beverly Glen Boulevard?" the policeman demanded of one robust tramp wearing suspenders and carrying a Swiss army knife. "What is this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hoboes From High-Rent Districts | 7/11/1988 | See Source »

...Thunder") Thorton, 22, sits by the Colorado River and talks of being a late child of parents who died early. "I'm not so lonely out here," he says quietly. Thorton left Tulsa last October, aiming to get a Mohawk haircut, see America and eventually settle down as a policeman. So far, he has accomplished the first two goals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hoboes From High-Rent Districts | 7/11/1988 | See Source »

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