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But for more than 2,500 years the only certainty in China has been uncertainty. Again and again the country has endured civil tumult, foreign invasion and the eternal vicious circle of flood, famine and disease. A century ago, the country was courting modernity and Western technology under the slogan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: Capitalism in the Making | 4/30/1984 | See Source »

He seldom held his tongue when he disagreed with superiors. Eisenhower, a friend from West Point who knew him by his middle name, frequently had to soothe him: "Now, Wayne, keep your shirt on." Clark was often mired in controversy. His attempt to cross the heavily defended Rapido River failed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Commander Falls | 4/30/1984 | See Source »

Known as the "country of eternal springtime," Guatemala appears peaceful. Late-model cars breeze along the capital's tree-lined boulevards, and restaurants draw crowds with such delicacies as imported stone crabs and tender churrasco steaks. But that façade of tranquillity conceals some unpleasant facts. According to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guatemala: Never Mind the Tranquil Fa?ade | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

Yet the war continues, and its source now stems primarily from the Iranian camp. Pulled into war by Iraq, the Khomeini regime has found almost a dozen ways to put the conflict to its own political advantage. At the time of the outbreak of the war Iran was in a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Useful War | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

TWO GOOD THINGS about the movie are Fanny Ardant and Nestor Almendros. The latter produces some gorgeous black-and-white footage, using the backdrop of grungy Marseilles streets, sleazy nightclubs and palm-lined plazas in eternal rain to make for an atmosphere at once sinister and lyrical. The movie works...

Author: By Hanne-maria Maijala, | Title: No Thrills | 2/21/1984 | See Source »

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