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The basic idea behind financing the contras was to force major concessions from the Sandinista regime, and perhaps to overthrow it entirely. After much maneuvering in Washington, Reagan in August announced his peace plan, which called for an immediate cease-fire and required the Sandinistas to give up all Cuban...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Roughest Year | 1/4/1988 | See Source »

BEST COMEBACK Returning to the ring against everyone's wishes, Sugar Ray Leonard protected his repaired retina long enough to restore his crown in a startling upset of Middleweight Champion Marvin Hagler.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Best of '87 | 1/4/1988 | See Source »

True to its charter, the society is also developing educational video disks, and has produced a board game, Global Pursuit, as part of a ten-year program to restore geographic literacy to U.S. schoolchildren. Its steady output of adventure and scientific programming for television will reach more than 100 hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Happy 100, National Geographic | 12/28/1987 | See Source »

After the guns and the machetes had finished their gruesome work last week, Haiti's election-day bloodbath claimed another victim: U.S. support for the provisional government of Lieut. General Henri Namphy. Having insisted for months that Namphy was a staunch friend of democracy, despite mounting evidence to the contrary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should the U.S. Intervene? | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

This year, the NCAA has decided to put the interference rule under scrutiny. According to the preface of the rule book, the purpose of doing so is to "restore skill, finesse, and skating" to hockey, and to end clutch and grab tactics.

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: NCAA Examines Interference Rule | 12/10/1987 | See Source »

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