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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although the Crimson failed to succeed in that attempt--Harvard allowed Columbia to score 13 points too many in its 84-63 victory over the Lions--50 was the magic number of the weekend for the women cagers...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Women Cagers Make Lions Cower, 84-63 | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

Gates, through a spokesman, asserted that "such suggestions are totally unfounded." But the story broke at the worst possible time for him: he had just sweated through two days of tough questioning before the Senate Intelligence Committee on his nomination to succeed the ailing Casey as CIA director. Gates repeatedly insisted that he had known little about the sale of arms to Iran and the diversion of profits to the contras, and he promised to argue within the Administration for prompt disclosure to Congress of any future covert operations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tower Of Judgment | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

...bracing itself for what Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater predicted will be a "critical and tough" report. Among other things, the commission is believed to have found deep CIA involvement in illegal arming of the contras. As a result, the agency's deputy chief Robert Gates, Reagan's nominee to succeed ailing William Casey as CIA director, may face heated questioning at Senate confirmation hearings this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iranscam's Near Tragedy | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...once unthinkable barrier of 1,000 to the dollar, a sharp signal of plummeting confidence in the country at home and abroad. Foreign banks have balked at extending new loans to keep the economy afloat. To make matters worse, with national elections 18 months away, the scramble to succeed President Miguel de la Madrid threatens to paralyze his government until a new President is chosen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico A Swelling Tide of Troubles | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...spending seven years under virtual house arrest in the closed city of Gorky, concluded, "I don't know what Gorbachev wants personally, but there are a number of people at the top who understand that without democratization, all of his goals in the economic sphere ((and)) international sphere cannot succeed." In Washington, the Reagan Administration welcomed the Kremlin's announcement but called for the release of the remaining political prisoners and a relaxation of Soviet policy on emigration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Sounds of Freedom | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

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