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...down, she realized her unprotected eyes were going snow blind. What she did not realize was that she had run out of oxygen. And on a steep slope just below the summit, she leaned over to try to see a foothold through the blazing retinal glare. The empty oxygen tank overbalanced her. She somersaulted downward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Climbing Mount Everest: What It Takes To Reach the Summit | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

...reasons he was picked," says Bush's media adviser, Roger Ailes, "was his reputation for being aloof and arrogant, just like Dukakis." Though tough in the sparring, Darman softened his performances with humor. At the end of one mock match, he entertained Bush by donning a tank helmet like the one Dukakis wore in a TV ad. Next round, he displayed a pair of Heavyhands, the weights Dukakis uses in speed-walking. In the critique sessions afterward, Ailes says, "Darman was great: warm, funny and very sharp." Bush agreed. Despite his earlier doubts about Darman's team spirit, the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RICHARD DARMAN: Driven To Beat the Budget | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

Poppe later worked for the SS-think tank, the Wannsee Institute, which researched the Jewish communities in the Soviet Union that the Nazis planned to exterminate, the book says...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Prof Smuggled Nazis | 2/22/1989 | See Source »

...official acknowledged, Baker is having a difficult time competing with Gorbachev's high-profile diplomacy. The Soviet leader is withdrawing Soviet troops from Afghanistan and has offered to remove six tank divisions and 50,000 men from Eastern Europe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Baker Competes With Gorbachev Popularity | 2/14/1989 | See Source »

...year-old Elmendorf, like Lindsey beforehim, is affiliated with the National Bureau ofEconomic Research. Feldstein serves as thepresident and chief executive officer of theCambridge-based think tank...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Lindsey Joins Bush Policymaking Team | 2/2/1989 | See Source »

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