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...Soviets tested a pair of modified SS-18s tipped with dummy warheads; one missile landed 600 miles northwest of Hawaii, while another, aimed 360 miles southwest of the islands, apparently misfired. The Pentagon claimed the firings were the closest Soviet missiles had come to American soil. Said Senator Malcolm Wallop, Republican of Wyoming: "The Soviets were practicing an attack on America." The Pentagon later acknowledged that a Soviet naval vessel aimed a laser beam at two American surveillance aircraft in the area, apparently to disrupt U.S. monitoring efforts. One pilot reportedly suffered temporary eye damage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nuclear Weapons: Too Close For Comfort | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

Bentley continued to wallop the ball, breaking through for runs in fifth and sixth innings. The Falcons scored four more runs in the seventh as Polikoff grew tired...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Bentley Gives Two Shiners to Batswomen | 4/22/1987 | See Source »

...source insisted that no search for a replacement has begun within the White House and talk of possible candidates is speculation. However, Sen. Malcolm Wallop (R-Wyo) said Monday he has received "feelers" from the White House about succeeding Casey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Casey Unable to Return to CIA Directorship | 1/7/1987 | See Source »

...copyright story published today, Wallop told the Casper Star-Tribune that White House officials, whom he would not identify, expressed "their interest in having me take over if they were going to replace Casey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Casey Unable to Return to CIA Directorship | 1/7/1987 | See Source »

They are known as "designer drugs." Manufactured in clandestine laboratories from readily available chemicals, synthetic drugs can pack many times the wallop of cocaine and heroin, cost little to produce and are rarely detected in ordinary drug tests. Many experts fear that they may form the next drug epidemic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next High | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

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