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Gorbachev had another idea. Within hours of the U.S. announcement, he declared the Soviet Union would launch a five-month moratorium on nuclear testing. It would begin on Aug. 6, the 40th anniversary of the atom-bomb detonation over Hiroshima, and would be extended indefinitely if Washington joined in. The U.S. rejected the offer. For one thing, Shultz noted as he arrived in Helsinki, the Soviets had proclaimed such a unilateral moratorium before, in the late '50s and early '60s, and then had abruptly begun what he described as "the largest nuclear-testing program ever undertaken." Nonetheless, the Gorbachev proposal...
...ceremonies marking the 40th anniversary of Hiroshima's obliteration are over, and the ghostly figures of vaporized corpses that were stenciled on the sidewalks of scores of American cities have already begun to fade. What remains is a question, the same one that has gnawed at us from the first: Did the U.S. really have to drop the atomic bomb...
Last week marked the 40th anniversary of the United Nations, an occasion that drew 68 heads of state or government to the world organization's New York City headquarters. To record the celebration for TIME, Photographer Eddie Adams had the idea of shooting pictures of every visiting dignitary who would sit for him. He arranged with U.N. officials to set up a small studio near the General Assembly. Over four days he prevailed on no fewer than 35 Presidents, Prime Ministers and foreign ministers to pose with their national flags. From this trove, TIME's editors chose 15 portraits...
...quarterback, who's starring this weekend on Saturday Night Live (we own New York at the moment), complained to his dad that the Pats could be in the middle of a seven-game win streak, and the Globe would lead with a bit about the Sox moving the 40th man on their winter roster...
...pertinent question for the 40th anniversary of V-E day is how the Continent will shrug off its discomforts and limitations, and reignite the promise that was so stunningly fulfilled, at least in Western Europe, during the immediate postwar years. Part of the answer will depend, as it has all along, on the guardian superpowers. Even so, there are signs that a more realistic view of Western Europe and its prospects is gaining strength and currency, based on the pragmatic recognition that the constituent nation-states of the region will survive--and can thrive--for some time to come...