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...William Clark, your National Security Adviser, in a speech the other day describing the Administration's approach to the Soviets, said that Moscow must be made to pay the price of its economic failures. Just how would that be done and to what extent would the U.S. depend on cooperation from the allies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Interview with President Reagan | 6/7/1982 | See Source »

However, American policy does not depend solely on the progress and outcome of the NATO summit conference. Equally decisive will be an explicit and convincing effort to remove the spreading unease that some Americans feel about Western Europe and about the political future of West Germany. These doubts, together with the clear and probing questions as to whether American soldiers are still really welcome over here or whether our country wishes to proceed along a separate path between East and West, were what I encountered time and time again during my visit to Washington in March, in talks with politicians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pep Talks Are Not Enough | 6/7/1982 | See Source »

Most analysts in and out of Washington agree that no accurate assessment of the damage to U.S. policy in the region can be made until the war is over. Much will depend on the conflict's length and severity, as well as the degree of military aid the U.S. provides Britain. Diego Uribe Vargas, former Colombian Foreign Minister, echoes a common refrain when he observes that such institutions as the O.A.S. and the Treaty of Rio have not proved to be effective instruments in the current crisis. "They are like those medicines you keep in a bottle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Sorrow Than Anger | 6/7/1982 | See Source »

Most plays without music still depend on the unaided human voice. But even they are sometimes amplified. Such recent shows as Agnes of God and The Little Foxes have used mikes, as have Neil Simon comedies. "Conventional sound no longer satisfies people," says Producer Alexander Cohen. "They want to go to the theater and see and hear everything. At 40 bucks a shot, they deserve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Static over Theater Sound | 5/31/1982 | See Source »

...unknown wonders: white eellike fish that hover around the scorching vents. For lack of a better name, the scientists have labeled them "21-degree-north vent fish" (after the latitude of the site). Researchers believe the vent fish may be the first vertebrate discovered whose existence does not ultimately depend upon sunlight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Strange Creatures of the Deep | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

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