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Carolina's Great Black Hope

Despite his proven biracial appeal, Harvey Gantt will find it difficult to unseat right-winger Jesse Helms

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Old habits die hard in Washington, where Gorbachev and Bush remain targets of political opportunity

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Trouble with A Big T

Running short on cash, an '80s icon struggles to save his overleveraged empire

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Khrushchev How, and why, the deposed Soviet leader defied the Kremlin and outfoxed the KGB by allowing his memoirs to be smuggled to the West

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