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...biggest problem has been dealing with the Soviet ministries, which still adhere to rigid regulations in doling out precious supplies. Explains Cohon: "When we need more sand or gravel for building and go to the department in charge, they say, 'Sorry, you're not in my five-year plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moscow's Big Mak Attack | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...makes life exceptionally precious. On the other hand, you have nightmares, and there are many nights when you wake up at 4 in the morning scared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LARRY KRAMER: Using Rage to Fight the Plague | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...talk to me about doctors. I think doctors have probably one of the most shameful records in this whole epidemic, because they've known from the very beginning what's going on. They have a very powerful union in the A.M.A., and yet they've done precious little about exerting pressure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LARRY KRAMER: Using Rage to Fight the Plague | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

Through it all, Barry has repeatedly denied using drugs. At local high schools he preaches, "My mind's too sharp, my body too precious, to foul it with drugs." On the very day of his arrest, the mayor had attended a memorial service for a high school star athlete who was shot to death while walking in a drug-infested neighborhood. In 1989 drug-related mayhem contributed to an all-time city record of 437 homicides, a deadly total that could be exceeded this year. Last week, as the city suffered through its 28th murder since Jan. 1, Barry unaccountably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Set Me Up! | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

...accounts, Donald F. was a first-class spy. For nearly 30 years, the well-placed Soviet diplomat was said to have fed precious secrets about his nation's defense to the U.S., making him one of the intelligence community's most valued assets. He used all the tricks: cipher pads, invisible ink, dead- letter drops in Moscow's Gorky Park, coded advertisements in the New York Times. Never short on chutzpah, he even transmitted radio messages to the U.S. embassy in Moscow from a passing trolley bus. Though Soviet agents reportedly suspected his disloyalty for years, he repeatedly managed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Espionage Top Hat | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

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