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...news from Tokyo buoys Wall Street, as do the Fed's reassurances of the previous day on the availability of credit. Major corporations take advantage of greatly discounted prices to buy back large blocks of their own stock. Other bargain hunters also begin to prowl. One broker says the market is moving "from hell to heaven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Crash: A Shock Felt Round the World | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

...Tammy Faye, basking in the resignation news at their mountaintop home near Gatlinburg, Tenn., said they were certainly willing to return if the creditors wished. Of course, Bakker could face a court hearing or two of his own, what with a federal grand jury and various investigators on the prowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Falwell Throws In the Towel | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...unattached women surveyed said they are not looking for a relationship or are undecided. In addition, 7% of the married women and 18% of those living with someone said they were hunting for a new man. One-third of women in steady relationships said they too were on the prowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Back Off, Buddy | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

...unbelievable," declared a Pentagon official. "We'd never allow something like that to happen here." He referred to the astonishing Soviet decision to let three Democratic Congressmen prowl for four hours through the secret radar facility near Krasnoyarsk in Siberia. The Kremlin permitted the lawmakers and a few aides to snap 1,000 photographs inside the facility, which has been the focus of U.S. charges that the Soviets are violating the 1972 treaty limiting antiballistic missile systems. Predictably, the visit served to intensify debate in Washington about Soviet intentions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: . . . And I'll Show You Mine | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

...guard confessing he had succumbed to the charms of a beautiful Soviet receptionist in Moscow had escalated into what appeared to be one of the most serious sex-for-secrets exchanges in U.S. history. Not only had the Marine's partner been charged with helping him let Soviet agents prowl the embassy's most sensitive areas but last week a third Marine sentinel was accused of similar offenses. A fourth Marine, stationed at the Brasilia embassy, was taken to Quantico, Va., for grilling about espionage. Several others were recalled from Vienna. More accusations of spying were expected to be filed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crawling with Bugs | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

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