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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...handicapped of their only chance to see the Grand Canyon from the inside out. With some 2.5 million visitors each year, the operators maintain, the park would not be serene even if there were no flights. "This is the last place I'd come for peace and quiet," jokes Judy Fogwell of Grand Canyon Helicopters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: A Bunch of Little Gnats | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

...handicapped of their only chance to see the Grand Canyon from the inside out. With some 2.5 million visitors each year, the operators maintain, the park would not be serene even if there were no flights. "This is the last place I'd come for peace and quiet," jokes Judy Fogwell of Grand Canyon Helicopters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: a Bunch of Little Gnats | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

...balmy spring morning two weeks ago, FBI Agents Benjamin Grogan, 53, and Gerald Dove, 30, spotted one of the stolen cars on a quiet Miami street. They called for reinforcements. As three FBI cars closed in on the black Monte Carlo, two men jumped out of the car and started firing. After the gun battle, FBI Director William Webster said of the suspects: "They were two particularly violent individuals who did not shoot out of excitement or fear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Twisted Trail of Blood | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

...sides agreed to return to the "quiet diplomacy" that characterized the preparations for Geneva. That means an avoidance of provocative public statements that have become common in recent weeks and, instead, a reliance on communications through the Soviet embassy in Washington and the U.S. embassy in Moscow. Until a replacement for Dobrynin is named, Shultz will deal with the Soviet charge d'affaires, Oleg Sokolov, an experienced diplomat who was also a key player at Geneva. After the Shevardnadze visit in mid-May, Shultz will probably return the call in Moscow by late June. These meetings, in the words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West There Will Be a Summit | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

...comments about George Bush last week were triggered by his clumsy jitterbug over whether plummeting oil prices were endangering America's national security and financial health. The furor followed him throughout his ten-day visit to Saudi Arabia and three other Arab nations. Although his Administration supporters tried to quiet the political uproar, Bush's potential rivals for the 1988 nomination helped keep him on the hot seat. "I certainly think it's a mistake to go to the Saudis for help to firm up the price of oil," New York Congressman Jack Kemp told the Buffalo News. Asked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Bushwhacked | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

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