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Looking pale, Chernenko galvanized the conference with a candid appeal for reform in Soviet society. Inveighing against many ills, including trite propaganda, red tape, "sponging, bribe taking and money grubbing," he demanded a "new atmosphere of intolerance" ideologically to combat what he called a U.S.-sponsored program of "psychological warfare" against the Soviets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: A Demonstration of Unity | 6/27/1983 | See Source »

...were about to join their parents, whom they had last seen in 1979. They stepped through the passport stamper's booth and up to the desk of the Immigration and Naturalization Service official, a sympathetic woman, for fingerprinting and more stamps. They carried their things (a portable tape player, a jar of noodles soaked in vinegar, bath slippers) past the Department of Agriculture inspector and out. The young Santiagos had never been to Los Angeles, let alone the U.S. And yet, as of last Thursday afternoon, they were here to stay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Los Angeles: The New Ellis Island | 6/13/1983 | See Source »

...Central Americans." Still, the return to civilian rule has left a tempting power vacuum. Business and labor leaders know that if they want anything done quickly they must go to the general because problems referred to the President's office all too often become entangled in bureaucratic red tape. The Honduran Congress, which was restored in 1982, has been timid about exercising its constitutional powers, although the recent U.S.-Honduran military talks may prompt reluctant legislators to make a show of protest. Carlos Orbín Montoya, vice president of Congress, has openly questioned whether Alvarez had the power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Caught in the Crossfire | 6/13/1983 | See Source »

...track team garnered two Ivy crowns one indoors and one outdoors. (Bottom right) Four time All American ADAM DIXON hits the tape...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Look 12 Championships | 6/9/1983 | See Source »

...personal mistake." An executive for the service, however, said privately that "anything like that has to be an act of sabotage." The question was, By whom? Radio Moscow news programs are prerecorded, so Danchev's broadcast could have been edited, mistakenly or mischievously, without his knowledge. The doctored tape could have slipped through once, and perhaps even twice. But that would not explain the third suspicious broadcast, which differed markedly from the first two. Because staffers at Radio Moscow's English service are held to high standards of proficiency, it seemed unlikely that Danchev, an experienced announcer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: Wordplay | 6/6/1983 | See Source »

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