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The departing National Security Adviser, Vice Admiral John Poindexter, was the fourth man to hold that job in the Reagan presidency, an extraordinary turnover for such a sensitive post. A reclusive figure who cut himself off from Congress and the press, Poindexter was further undermined by placing too much trust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Can-Do Agency | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

Playing opposite Bill Bradley in the congressional front court. Unlike Bradley, newly elected Congressman Tom McMillen of Maryland did not, as a professional basketball player, move well without the ball. Like the New Jersey Senator, however, he is a neoliberal Democrat, a Rhodes scholar and a victor in his first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Notebook of Tall Winners, Big Losers, Frogs and a Bird | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. had two political forebears. His father, a Boston city councilman, taught him the give-and-take of local politics: ringing doorbells, listening to constituents, handing out favors. Then, when O'Neill went to Washington in 1953 after winning Massachusetts' 8th Congressional District (John F. Kennedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Farewell to a Quartet of Kings of the Hill | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

Vacuous and innocent, she lacks the flirtatious savvy of the brassy Lol, who trots about with a swing in her hips, pink lipstick on her lips, and who, at her young age, really knows how to lick a lollypop.

Author: By Jane Avrich, | Title: `Fire of My Loins'--With a Douse of Water | 11/6/1986 | See Source »

Unfortunately, though, more and more people are eating more and more of their meals at fast-food restaurants. Savvy commercial campaigns--the industry spends $2 billion a year on advertising and promotions--and the lure of a quick, convenient repast have made the restaurants so popular that fast-food restaurants...

Author: By Steve Lichtman, | Title: Where to Find the Beef | 10/25/1986 | See Source »

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