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...just has to corral it. Youngsters Jose Guzman (14-14) and Ed Correa (3-5) have the arms. Pete Incaviglia (27 HR, 80 RBI) has the power. Vets Larry Parrish (32 HR, 100 RBI) and Charlie Hough (18-13) still have some magic left in them. Best player: Ruben Sierra...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: A Guide to the 1988 Baseball Season | 3/25/1988 | See Source »

According to Gabriel, the relationship between the traffickers and the Mexican government agency began in the mid-1970s. Two DFS commanders persuaded the leading smuggling families to settle a bloody feud over control of drug production in the Sierra Madre highlands and to unite against the antinarcotics campaign being waged by Mexico and the U.S. The DFS helped the families relocate to Guadalajara, introduced them to local officials and assigned them bodyguards. In the meantime, the agency, which, among other duties, is charged with keeping tabs on political subversives and works in close contact with the CIA, went after minor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Police on The Take | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...bubbly receptions, an army of executives and engineers greeted some 16,000 invited guests: GM stockholders and workers, Wall Street analysts, suppliers, mayors, even teachers and schoolchildren. On display in the Waldorf ballrooms was a dizzying array of 24 GM cars and trucks, ranging from the rugged GMC Sierra Pickup to the sleek solar-powered Sunraycer that won the 1,950-mile World Solar Challenge race across Australia in November...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rogerama Comes to the Waldorf | 1/18/1988 | See Source »

Mostly, though, Babbitt excelled by mastering the details, concentrating on them to the point of becoming something of a policy wonk. Even now, in the crucible of a presidential campaign, he manages to read widely and thoroughly, especially on foreign affairs and economics. Says Rob Smith, a Sierra Club official who has worked closely with him, "In negotiations, he is always the best-informed person at the table, so he usually wins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Portrait, Bruce Babbitt: Standing Up For Substance | 1/4/1988 | See Source »

...Planes Flying at Night" that zipped into the sky like UFOs and always seemed to hover above our heads no matter how far we ran away. "Opening Flower and Happy Bird" no longer reminds me of a Sierra Club calender, but instead a frenzy of white sparks and screeching howls...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Keeping Society Safe | 9/30/1987 | See Source »

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