Word: secret
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WASHINGTON--Fawn Hall testified yesterday she spirited secret documents from the White House when the Iran-Contra connection was revealed because she feared they would fall into the wrong hands...
Earlier yesterday, a Reagan administration lawyer was questioned closely by the committees about his 1985 legal opinion that has been used by some in the administration to justify secret aid to the Nicaraguan rebels...
...Randall also moves as quickly as a film, dropping in and out of the important events of Stevenson's life with the assurance of a Welles or Vidor. In a typical twist, Leland gives the mysterious Mrs. Randall a "secret from the past," only to reveal it to the reader in the first chapter. No cheap thrills here, despite a plot so byzantine it might confuse a Dallas junkie...
Someone should note the similarity between the Iran-contra affair and the American War of Independence. In 1776, Louis XVI of France, in defiance of his ministers, authorized secret aid to the beleaguered colonies and solicited 1 million livres from the Spanish government for arms with the guarantee that the King of Spain would not be implicated. Without this aid, the war would have been lost...
Like many lovers, Martin, the electrical worker, kept his infection a secret, which he came to regret after ending his relationship with Debbie (not her real name), a secretary in her early 30s. He met Debbie in June 1985, and their affair was idyllic until early August, when she broke out in painful blisters around her vagina. After that, says Debbie, "the relationship deteriorated, and by Labor Day he dumped me and left me alone with a case of herpes...