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Many had witnessed John Belushi's final, drug-filled days in Hollywood, but no one could steer the actor away from his relentless drive for cocaine and, in the end, heroin. Among friends, reports of the comic's marathon binges made his untimely death seem inevitable: another star caught in the darker currents of celebrity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Merchants of Misery | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

Until the Daniloff arrest, surveillance of Westerners had often seemed more comical than dangerous. The KGB's imagination is limited to the shabbier vices, and the easy way to avoid being compromised was to steer clear of the usual peccadilloes: sexual misbehavior, currency speculation and smuggling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Occupational Hazard | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

...Helmsman Smirnov," as saying "We saw the bulk carrier in the distance. The duty officer started calling it by radio. We took its bearing and realized that the ship would cross our path. After a few moments came the Pyotr Vasev's answer: 'Don't worry. We shall steer clear of each other. We shall do what is needed.' " Yet the freighter failed to change course. Another newspaper report charged that the Admiral Nakhimov's captain was negligent. Both captains were arrested and are in custody pending the outcome of a government investigation, headed by Politburo Member Geidar Aliev...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Disaster At Sea | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

Feldstein, the former head of President Reagan's Council of Economic Advisors, also said that using Keynes' theories to steer national economic policy was the reason for most of today's economic woes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Don't Speak Evil of the Dead | 9/7/1986 | See Source »

...President must have a vision of an ideal republic," he said. "He must have a course to steer, a port to seek...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: We Knew That | 9/6/1986 | See Source »

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