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...releasing two well-known activists, Anatoli Shcharansky and Yuri Orlov. Another, Anatoli Marchenko, 48, died in prison in early December, the victim of a brain hemorrhage following a hunger strike. His death may have induced the Kremlin to make a gesture of reconciliation and at the same time rid itself of the burden of the Sakharovs' incarceration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union A Hero's Return | 12/29/1986 | See Source »

...very familiar in total with our business." As for charges that GM gives its executives excessive perks, Smith retorted that Perot's office at EDS in Dallas "makes mine look like shantytown. He has a Gilbert Stuart painting hanging on the wall. Nobody runs around saying, 'Get rid of Ross's office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marital Spat Gm's Smith fires back at Perot | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

That night, Corazon Aquino hardly slept. Seven times she called her executive secretary, Joker Arroyo, with questions. At 8 a.m. she summoned her Cabinet and asked each member what she should do about Enrile. It was obvious, said a staffer, that she had made up her mind to get rid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: First a Firing, Then a Truce | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

...Natural Resources Minister Ernesto Maceda and Public Works Minister Rogaciano Mercado, whose ministries have been accused of corruption. She praised both men as "stalwarts" of the opposition to Marcos and "real champions of Filipino freedom." But she added that she was "compelled by the national interest" to get rid of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: First a Firing, Then a Truce | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

...Arne still has to get back into the college basketball frame of mind," Roby says. "He is an excellent passer and will have a good year. He just has to get rid of some of the rust from not playing...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Caution: Rebuilding in Progress at Briggs | 12/6/1986 | See Source »

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