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PROFILE of Christopher F. Patten, forty-eight, British Governor of Hong Kong since last July. He is the last of Britain's vice-regal figures, in the …
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A REPORTER AT LARGE about Cuba, the Cuban missle crisis, and the Cuban-American political community. Last September, Mikhail Gorbachev, then the President …
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PROFILE of Sen. Alan K. Simpson, the assistant Republican leader, or whip, and junior U.S. Senator from Yoming. At 6'7", he is one of the funniest and …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about U.S.-British negotiations about which two U.S. airlines should be allowed to fly into & out of London's Heathrow Airport, the …
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PROFILE of Vitaly Korotich, editor of a Soviet weekly magazine called "Ogonyok". In just 4 1/2 turbulent years under Korotich "Ogonyok's" circulation …
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PROFILE of James Addison Baker III, Secretary of State and close friend of Pres. George Bush.
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PROFILE of Margaret Thatcher, Conservative British Prime Minister. She is a non-establishment, lower middle-class figure. Before she became the leader of …
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PROFILE of Roland Dumas, 63, the Foreign Minister of France & a prominent lawyer. He is new to the executive arm of government, having been part of it for …
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PROFILE of David Steel, a 46-year-old Lowland Scotsman who is the Member of Parliament from Tweeddale, Ettrick, and Lauderdale, and is the leader of a …
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PROFILE of King Hussein of Jordan.
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PROFILE of Lord Carrington, former British Foreign Secretary, who resigned Apr. 5, 1982, the first casualty of the duel with Argentina over the Falkland …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about the aircraft industry from the late 1960s to now. Tells about the troubles of the 747, built by Boeing, most of which concerned the…
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REPORTER AT LARGE about the development and sale of wide-bodied commercial aircraft by Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, and Lockheed. These larger planes were …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about the marketing, use, and safety of commercial aircraft. From the mid-1960s until the late 70s, when Europe's Airbus Consortium …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about the commercial airplane industry, which is unique among businesses in the size of its costs and risks. A Western European …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about arms control. President Reagan's plans for managing nuclear arms have been rudely shaken. He arrived in Washington convinced …