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...French lass to solicit a British nobleman--the some-time super-hero Captain Comic--and save her father from death at the hands of the rebelling masses. That's insurgent guerrillas, in modern parlance. It should be noted, if not too carefully, that the past two pudding shows have dealt with the theme of peasants rising up against their masters. And in both the masters fight them off to triumph in the end. Looks like a bit of status anxiety on the part of the aristocrats in ye olds class struggle--yesh, but leave such thoughts, while they may bring...
Declining productivity. High interest rates. Slipping stock markets. TIME'S Economy & Business section has dealt with these dismal themes all too often in recent months, as the American economy has slid deeper into recession. So it was with relief that Business staff members turned to a more cheerful phenomenon: the surprising surge in innovative businesses in America today, and the new generation of capitalists who are risking, and often winning, huge sums with their venturesome companies. "It is the other, upbeat side of the economy," says Business Senior Editor George M. Taber. Adds Staff Writer Alexander Taylor, who wrote...
...State Alexander Haig tipped his hand. During his first stopover, in Geneva, he told the world that he would tell Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko of the "outrage" felt by the U.S. over the Soviet-backed crackdown in Poland. The poker-faced Gromyko, who in his time has dealt with eight American Secretaries of State, responded that he had "absolutely no intention" of discussing Poland. The meeting promised, as Haig then observed, to be a "very short...
Mubarak has dealt firmly with the country's Moslem militants without seeming to be vengeful. Like Sadat, he says he will not permit religious-based political parties. But Sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim of the American University in Cairo observes, "He is not doing things that antagonize the militants. He gives an image of being clean, firm and fair." The fundamentalists, in fact, approve of Mubarak's campaign against corruption, his proposal to curb luxury imports, and his studiously private family life. "Some of the militants think he is redeemable and that they can establish a dialogue with...
...Defense Minister in the country's civilian-military government, gave figures that were much lower: "about eleven" aircraft and four of the helicopters that are so useful in fighting El Salvador's long-smoldering guerrilla war were destroyed. There was no doubt, however, that the insurgents had dealt the government a major setback. Said a U.S. military officer about the airport raid: "Disastrous...