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...fallout from Iranscam. If present developments in the U.S. -- on which naturally one can make no judgment -- weaken the Administration and the President, that would be bad for everybody, for the U.S. and the free world. We need a strong U.S. Administration, one open to dialogue. So we would regret, and fail to understand, that impassioned reactions should put in question the authority of the Administration. Still, I am confident in President Reagan's ability to overcome these difficulties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chirac: We Need a Strong U.S. | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

While most of these people say that they do not regret taking the year off, there are some hitches. For instance, students who are athletes, such as Joslin who plays lacrosse as well as ice and field hockey, had had to worry about letting her skills atrophy. Blodgett agrees, saying that her year without rigid training made it more difficult to be in "peak form" for the track team at Harvard...

Author: By Brandon Bradkin, | Title: Going For The Gap | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

...vacations at the local prison. And he shares her desire to create little baby His and Eds. Says Hi, in the daft and plangent narration that sets the tone for this terrific comedy: "Every day we kept a child out of the world was a day he might later regret having missed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rootless People RAISING ARIZONA | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

...supposed to be," he said. To help organize his staff, Baker will bring former Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis aboard for two months. Though it was obvious that the onetime country lawyer was off to a fast start in rebuilding a damaged presidency, Baker did have one regret: he scheduled a haircut on Monday and never did get to the barber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baker Breaks the Fever | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

...five-page "Order for Recognition of the End of a Marriage." In the new rite, conducted after a civil divorce, the minister announces that a husband and wife have decided to dissolve their marriage "after much effort, pain and anger," and the once married couple then recite words of regret and respect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Putting It Asunder | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

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