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...information we have so far indicates that it was an unfounded rumor," government spokesperson Miroslav Pavel told...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Czechoslovak Marchers Protest Violence | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

...early days, the Times often misstepped. Wire copy on Moon's conviction for tax evasion was doctored. The newsroom became a revolving-door workplace, with constant turnover and inexperienced staffers. During last year's presidential race, the Times, pursuing a rumor about Michael Dukakis' receiving psychiatric treatment, twisted a quote from Dukakis' sister-in-law to manufacture a headline: DUKAKIS KIN HINTS AT SESSIONS. Two reporters quit in protest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: No. 2 And Trying Harder : The Washington Times | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

...feuding with her chief economic adviser, Sir Alan Walters. But her endorsement was embarrassingly tepid. Lawson, 57, promptly resigned. His successor: Foreign Minister John Major, 46, who headed the Foreign Office for less than four months but served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury for two years. Rumor has it that he is Thatcher's new favorite to be her successor. Major's replacement: Home Secretary Douglas Hurd, 59, who presumably brings to his new job a mastery of foreign intrigue. In his spare time Hurd has written nine mystery thrillers since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN Killed with Faint Praise | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

...have poisoned the birds so that fewer of the lake's trout will be eaten by them. Wildlife biologists scoff at such speculation, and city water officials insist that there is nothing in the water to harm humans. But until the Great White Pelican Mystery is solved, worry and rumor, unlike the birds, seem certain to thrive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American: Notes CALIFORNIA The Pelicans Are Dying | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

Some industry watchers think American could turn to hometown partners for help. Rumor had it that certain members of the billionaire Bass family of Fort Worth might take a large friendly stake in the company, as they did to protect the Walt Disney Co. from a raid several years ago. Or Crandall might borrow money to create an Employee Stock Ownership Plan to achieve the same goal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Comes Donald, Duck! | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

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