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Nor is there much reason to think that the Soviets share the eagerness of some in the Administration for a deal this year. In maneuvering for their places in the post-Andropov order, Chernenko and his comrades have presumably had to make promises to the military, beginning well before the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trying to Bury a Hatchet | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

'I' YEAR is 1987 and you have just completed a career as Secretary to transfer your skills at bomb-making and strategic weapons planning to the civilian sector, you decide to sell your memories Just your publisher calls with information on your publicity tour, you get another call It's...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Speak No Evil | 2/24/1984 | See Source »

I agree with H. Ross Perot's criticism of Texas schools and their obsession with football and marching bands [Jan. 30]. However, I would not deny a student the chance to participate in extracurricular activities because of low grades. Some students have their talent in their heads, others in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 20, 1984 | 2/20/1984 | See Source »

Divided into two parts, the film first focuses on the eccentricity of the characters who have come to pay tribute to the fallen star. Vain opera celebrities upstage one another while rehearsing for Tatua's memorial concert, a foppish conductor reveals his obsession with the dead soprano while an English...

Author: By William S. Benjamin, | Title: Picture Stills | 2/17/1984 | See Source »

It's not that I don't love baseball. It is unquestionably the greatest sport in America, but that's not the point. The point is a 365-day-a-year obsession with an overrated team that's always supposed to contend for yet hasn't won a World Series...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Spare Us The Sox | 2/10/1984 | See Source »

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