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But if the last year carries any lesson at all, it is that Reaganism means the betrayal of dreams. Indeed, it means the betrayal of some of the elemental ideals of the republic. It means a repudiation of what is noble in the American tradition of government, and its replacement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Reagan Inversion | 6/10/1982 | See Source »

With Elliott and his little friend E.T., though, all was smooth sailing-a dream of a set for a dream movie. The mechanical creature performed beautifully as a machine and as an actor. And Spielberg found the children easy to work with, explaining the story in terms of fairy tales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Steve's Summer Magic | 5/31/1982 | See Source »

Now dead boys float in the South Atlantic, and there is no doubt on earth what those dark festivals were leading to. Last Monday, after the sinking of the cruiser General Belgrano, British armchair admirals were smugly analytical about the deficiencies of the Argentine forces. One day later Mrs. Thatcher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Falklands: Oh What an Ugly War | 5/17/1982 | See Source »

And if Hitler really did walk into the room, would George Steiner get up? Yes. "It's a dreadful answer that I didn't expect from myself," he says. "I stumbled onto it-this profoundly disturbing, almost nauseating answer. But when a certain immensity of history walks into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Teaching the Grammar of Hell | 3/29/1982 | See Source »

On U.S. influence on the Soviet succession: Many American liberals are wrong in thinking that the Soviet government is in the hands of relatively moderate men and that if we are not accommodating to them, we will strengthen the dreadful hawks waiting in the wings. I believe the contrary. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reflections on the Soviet Crisis | 3/1/1982 | See Source »

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