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Rivalry Brews in Russia's Backyard
Times Staff WriterThe Cold War may be over, but U.S. and Russian soldiers are expanding outposts in this mountainous former Soviet republic about 3,200 miles east of NATO headquarters in Brussels and nearly 2,000 miles from Moscow. The U.S. opened its base three years ago...Tags: Belarus, Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism, Elections, China
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Memorable quotes
- "I am paying for this microphone, Mr. Breen." When someone tried to turn off his microphone at a Reagan-sponsored debate during 1980 New Hampshire primaries. - "We have to move ahead, but we are not going to leave anyone behind." Republican National...Tags: Republican National Conventions, Death, Crimes, Heads of State, New Hampshire
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Friends, foes recall victorious Cold Warrior
In the hours after his death, Ronald Reagan was remembered around the globe, by friends and former foes, as the American president who changed the world by winning the Cold War. To many people in Eastern Europe, freed when the Berlin Wall came down...Tags: Human Rights, U.S. Military, World War II (1939-1945), Nobel Prize Awards, Death
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Been there, Domed that
Tribune staff reporterBefore Tyrone Willingham and Bob Davie, there was Gerry Faust. He showed what happens to coaches who don't win at Notre Dame. Faust's dream job didn't have a happy ending. On Nov. 26, 1985, he announced he would resign after the Irish's last game of the...Tags: University of Notre Dame, Super Bowl, Multi-Sport Events, College Football, Chicago Bears
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Whispered in Russia: Democracy Is Finished
Times Staff WriterIn a sunny garden outside the Kremlin, not far from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, workers quietly hammered into place 10 squat black letters to commemorate one of the bloodiest battles of World War II: Stalingrad. Until Friday, the memorial bore the...Tags: Lawyers, Death, Career and Workplace, Elections, Local Elections
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Reagan dies
Ronald Wilson Reagan, who grew up a shoe salesman's son in northern Illinois, became a movie star in the golden days of Hollywood and emerged as a conservative icon and a two-term president who helped end the Cold War, died Saturday after suffering from...Tags: Elections, Government Debt, Family, Arts and Culture, Central Intelligence Agency
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Reagan was his rival, friend, Gorbachev says
Associated PressMOSCOW - When President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the Soviet Union an "evil empire," some saw it as political theater, a Cold Warrior's script. Yet former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev said yesterday that the American president was sincere - an honest...Tags: Death, History, Arts and Culture, Ronald Reagan, Russia
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A nation pays its respects
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - The somber traditions of a nation in mourning suffused Ronald Reagan's last journey yesterday as his flag-draped casket traveled from California to the nation's capital for a cortege through the city and an elaborate funeral at the Capitol,...Tags: Arts, Charles, Prince of Wales, Death, Arts and Culture, Abraham Lincoln
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Unexpected allies put end to Cold War
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON -- Among the crush of foreign dignitaries paying final respects to Ronald Reagan at the National Cathedral today will be one man -- recognizable by his intense gaze, easy grin and the rose-colored birthmark on his forehead -- who shares...Tags: Geneva (Swiss Confederation), Moscow (Russia), Death, Nuclear Weapons, Diplomacy
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Final farewells to 'historic leader'
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON -- A weeklong ritual of national mourning and remembrance concludes today when President Bush and other world leaders offer final farewells to Ronald Reagan at a ceremony at Washington's National Cathedral, before the former president's remains...Tags: Arts, Charles, Prince of Wales, Heads of State, White House, James Wright
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An Environmentalist Governor Who Raised Taxes When Needed
Times Staff WriterWhat history will remember about Ronald Reagan — and should — is that he won the Cold War. But Californians will remember something more: that as governor, he created the mood that led to the state's anti-tax revolt, preaching limited...Tags: Rivers, Nuclear Weapons, Sacramento, Arts and Culture, Education
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Coverage from the day space shuttle challenger exploded: Grief, sympathy felt around globe; Soviet TV shows videotape -- 'a tragedy for the world'
Soviet television Tuesday showed the explosion of the shuttle on its nightly news program, and Soviet citizens joined leaders around the world in expressing shock and sadness. The Tass news agency reported the explosion within minutes of the disaster, in...Tags: Satellite Technology, Elections, Space Programs, Science and Technology, Diplomacy
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