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Now the contras are bereft of American aid, and may be threatened with extinction as a fighting force, eliminating what may be the only U.S. leverage for keeping the Sandinistas honest. Yet the Administration's cries of alarm have been met with widespread skepticism. Once again the President fudged his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Contra Tangle | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

"People who voluntarily take federal funds have an obligation to treat everybody else fairly," said Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), summing up the rationale of lawmakers who have been pressing for the Civil Rights Restoration Act since the high court ruling.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Congress Nixes Reagan Civil Rights Veto | 3/23/1988 | See Source »

Oppressive poverty, political repression, lack of medical care, and the excessive concentration of power and wealth in a few hands are conditions which have given rise to rebellion throughout the region. Yes, Republicans have deferred attention from these pressing problems by favoring military aid and quick troop interventions. Yet by...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Freeing Our Arms in Honduras | 3/23/1988 | See Source »

Yet the two-year gap between idea and coursehardly seems to address the Core's pressing needfor an expanded slate of offerings.

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Wanted: Professors For Core | 3/10/1988 | See Source »

Victims who go to the police often find them insensitive or even hostile. When Raleigh, N.C., Bar Owner Warren Kilby was stabbed during a tryst with another man in 1986, police warned him that if he insisted on pressing charges, he could go to prison for admitting that he had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Open Season on Gays | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

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