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...candidates persist in being evasive about questionable episodes in their past. In Bush's case, it is what he knew as Ronald Reagan's Vice President about the Iran-contra scandal. His continued claim that he was "out of the loop" or "excluded from key meetings" when this murky, subterranean scheme was being hatched in the upper echelons of the Reagan Administration has been constantly challenged, notably by a 1987 memo dictated to an aide by former Secretary of State George Shultz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. Political Campaign: Lies, Lies, Lies | 10/5/1992 | See Source »

Directly across the street and competing for the same segment of the population is the Boathouse. The rather dark and subterranean bar is popular among athletes and Kirkland House residents because the Boathouse sponsors Harvard sporting events, says owner John C. Brown...

Author: By Wendy A. Gribb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bar Wars | 9/18/1992 | See Source »

Directly across the street and competing for the same segment of the population is the Boathouse. The rather dark and subterranean bar is popular among athletes and Kirkland House residents because it sponsors Harvard sporting events, says owner John C. Brown...

Author: By Wendy A. Gribb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bar Wars | 9/16/1992 | See Source »

...week -- the region has been rocked by thousands of nerve-racking aftershocks, and the quake ignited mysterious swarms of smaller earthquakes in volcanic zones hundreds of kilometers away. But most alarming of all, this quake, the largest to hit Southern California in 40 years, appears to have substantially altered subterranean stress fields. In the process, it may have awakened a fitfully sleeping dragon -- the mighty San Andreas, the nation's biggest and most dangerous fault...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News From the Underground | 8/24/1992 | See Source »

...people are jumping on the bandwagon." The danger is that as the scene becomes larger and more commercial, it risks losing the cozy counterculture atmosphere that drew people to it in the first place. To keep that from happening, ravers will have to find a way to maintain their subterranean spirit, even as they spread good vibes among the masses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tripping the Night Fantastic | 8/17/1992 | See Source »

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