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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 …
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 …
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…
REPORTER AT LARGE about the development and sale of wide-bodied commercial aircraft by Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, and Lockheed. These larger planes were …
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 …
REPORTER AT LARGE about the commercial airplane industry, which is unique among businesses in the size of its costs and risks. A Western European …
REPORTER AT LARGE about arms control. President Reagan's plans for managing nuclear arms have been rudely shaken. He arrived in Washington convinced …