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For all these accomplishments, Soviet microelectronics and computers are ten years behind those of the U.S. Military satellites sometimes break down in a matter of weeks. Photoreconnaissance satellites literally drop their film to earth for processing. The ultraconservative Soviet military is just now beginning to experiment with the techniques of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surging Ahead | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

Phobos will glide between 98 and 260 ft. above the moon's surface -- "something similar to a cruise missile," quips Sagdeyev -- and drop an instrument-bearing minilander to record data on the moon's soil. One experiment involves a laser that will emit short bursts of energy, each vaporizing a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surging Ahead | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

While comedies experiment a bit, crime dramas this season have the smell of used goods. Among veteran performers starring in new series are William Conrad as a wily district attorney in Jake and the Fatman, Paul Sorvino as a police- department p.r. man who returns to the streets in The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Yup, Yup and Away! | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

When David Puttnam was forced to resign last week as head of Columbia Pictures, it marked the failure of a Hollywood experiment. The acclaimed British producer (The Killing Fields, Chariots of Fire) was a surprise choice when he was hired last year. A critic of inflated budgets and unimaginative scripts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOVIEMAKING: His Chariot Flames Out | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

For such firm loyalists, ideology knows no borders. "I think Bruce Springsteen is a blind nationalist," proclaims the former trooper in the easy drawl he has copied from Florida deejays. "Sure! Just look at that title, Born in the U.S.A.!" Even here, though, things are not quite as clear as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuba Whispers Behind the Slogans | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

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