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A legal challenge on immunity could also lead to a protracted court battle. Poindexter, North and Hakim testified before Congress under grants of limited immunity, preventing Walsh from using any of their testimony against them. All but one of the 29 attorneys on Walsh's team avoided TV, the radio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conspiracy, Fraud, Theft and Cover-Up: Iranscam Indictment by Walsh | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

At the stroke of noon on Dec. 31, 1999, the U.S. is scheduled to turn over the Panama Canal to Panama forever. When the treaty transferring the waterway was signed in 1977, it was widely denounced in both countries: many Panamanians complained about the protracted timetable, while many Americans, including...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What About the Canal? | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

The Iowa results set the stage for gripping political drama in both parties as the primary season opened this week. With no incumbent to rally around, each party had hoped for an early consensus behind a strong candidate. Instead, the muddied Democratic results and the turmoil in the G.O.P. increase...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dole on A Roll | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

Misguided, because Moses bases his argument upon a bizarre view of the origins and role of the State of Israel. Europeans with guilty consciences did not "colonize Jews on a strip of desert," nor were Jews colonized in any way, shape, or form. Zionist immigration was a protracted, eclectic, and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Objecting to 'A Solution for Israel' | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

Less than two weeks after a bloody rampage by soldiers and armed thugs made a farce of the country's attempt at a democratic transition, the people of Haiti were still in shock. Efforts foundered to forge a united opposition to the three-man provisional government headed by Lieut. General...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti Living with A Nightmare | 12/21/1987 | See Source »

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