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...Assad would have liked. Some Arab diplomats said they expected Assad to come home from Moscow with a "super treaty" obligating the U.S.S.R. to provide Syria with unlimited military aid and perhaps even to intervene on Syria's behalf in a Middle East war. But the Soviets refused to commit themselves that far. By limiting their obligations to Syria, they hoped to minimize the fear and resentment the pact has inevitably evoked in Jordan and Iraq. In addition, the Soviets recognize that as long as Assad is politically isolated among his neighbors and vulnerable to internal opposition, the survival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the Gulf Explode? | 10/27/1980 | See Source »

Kate Gunzinger (Clayburgh), a Chicago math professor, is at a crossroads in her professional and personal life. Does she accept a more prestigious position in New York and leave her amiable goof of a lover (Charles Grodin)? Does she commit herself to a charmingly direct ex-baseball player (Michael Douglas)? Both men try to help her decide, but it's her turn. Does she go left, right or back to Square 1? Curiously, the movie sees Kate not so much at a turning point as jogging on a treadmill where you meet the nicest people. For this reason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Right Angles | 10/27/1980 | See Source »

...have heard that it was said, "You shall not commit adultery." But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Tempest in a Cappuccino Cup? | 10/27/1980 | See Source »

...started at the Pope's regular weekly audience in St. Peter's Square. In his sermon to a crowd of about 10,000, John Paul stated that if a man looked lustfully even "at the woman who is his wife, he could likewise commit adultery 'in his heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Tempest in a Cappuccino Cup? | 10/27/1980 | See Source »

...newsletter also lists suspicious incidents and circumstances which made the crimes easier to commit, Chafin added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Newsletter | 10/21/1980 | See Source »

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