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We needed the space program; a society that does not stretch its horizons will soon shrink them. The argument that we must solve all our problems on earth before venturing beyond our planet will confine us for eternity. The world will never be without problems; they will become an obsession...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: CRISIS AND CONFRONTATION | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

None of the set pieces have much to do with the plot, which has Moore as a composer growing bored with his longtime inamorata (Julie Andrews). His discontent takes the form of an obsession with a lovely creature (Bo Derek) whom he briefly glimpses in bridal gown and veil on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Random Number | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

Revisionist history has painted a picture of a peaceful, neutral Cambodia wantonly assaulted by American forces and plunged into a civil war that could have been avoided but for the American obsession with military solutions. The facts are different. By April 21 we had a stark choice. We could permit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: WHITE HOUSE YEARS: PART 2 THE AGONY OF VIETNAM | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

The intelligence community, finally recovered from its obsession with Cuba of the 1960s, had recently consigned the island to its peripheral vision and focused instead on what seemed more important tasks, like monitoring the tests of new Soviet intercontinental missiles. Then, re-examining evidence that it had been sitting on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Coping with the Soviets' Cuban Brigade | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

Even in the millennia of their history the Chinese had never encountered a presidential advance party, especially one disciplined by the monomaniacal obsession of the Nixon White House with public relations. When I warned Chou En-lai that China had survived barbarian invasions before but had never encountered advance men...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: THE CHINA CONNECTION | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

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