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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...raged over the Islamic Republic of Iran. The government took the extraordinary step last week of closing its borders for four days as officials marshaled a gigantic man hunt for fugitives accused of involvement in a military plot to overthrow the regime of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini. The vengeance even spread abroad as a hit squad in Paris tried to assassinate former Prime Minister Shapour Bakhtiar, the man many Iranians believed had masterminded the July 9 coup attempt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: STALKING THE CONSPIRATORS | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

...chance against Frazier in 1971, and lost. "A message from Allah to quit clowning, he said. "I'm big now, got more important things to do than beat people up. Got to spread the word...

Author: By Nevin I. Shalit, | Title: Muhammad Ali: Losing the Real Title | 7/15/1980 | See Source »

...family there's going to be a little friction over something as the kids go through adolescence," says the youngest Reagan. "Nothing is nirvana. But the recent stories have been exaggerated. Being close-knit has become almost a physical impossibility, since we're so spread out. We haven't had big sit-downs over meat and potatoes. It hasn't been the Waltons or anything. But we're fairly close, emotionally. There is a bond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Unknown First Family | 7/14/1980 | See Source »

Other Carson cronies also spread the good news. The wife of Carson's attorney, Henry I. Bushkin, known to Tonight fans as "Bombastic" Bushkin, told her father Max Beck, who bought 5,000 shares and netted a $4,496 profit. Frederic J. Freed, a law associate of Bushkin's, bought 4,000 shares in his father-in-law's name and later sold them for a $4,980 gain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Aladdin's Rub | 7/14/1980 | See Source »

Annaud, who garnered an Oscar for his first feature film, Black and White in Color, directs with ease and self-confidence. He knows that to succeed, his story must be a life-like dream. And Coup de Tete has a marvelously fluid, dreamy quality. Pastel colors spread with warmth and details--nightstand accessories--are not overlooked...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Pastry | 7/11/1980 | See Source »

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