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TIME was just two months old in May 1923 when the first Frenchman, former Premier Rene Viviani, appeared on its cover. Since then, there have been 105 other cover stories devoted to French individuals or events. Last week, inaugurating TIME's 60th anniversary, all those covers went on exhibit at Paris' Georges Pompidou Center. Titled "America Looks at France, TIME 1923-1983," the exposition not only chronicles 20th century Gallic history, but also documents TIME's interest in the personalities and preoccupations of the French...
...hardly a love letter, but after more than two decades of rancorous relations, the message to the Soviet leadership on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Soviet Union was remarkably warm. Expressing hopes for the gradual normalization of ties, the Chinese government urged both countries to "jointly work for the realization of this goal through negotiations, concrete actions and the removal of obstacles." Although the vaguely worded message promised nothing, it confirmed earlier signals that China was serious about improving relations with the Soviet Union. Says a top Washington analyst: "It is another step forward in the atmospherics...
Despite the posters hanging through out Prague to hail the 60th anniversary of the Soviet Union, the Czechs consider their relationship with Moscow to be one of accommodation, even resignation...
...Yuri Andropov and his eleven colleagues on the ruling Politburo filed on stage last week. The new Soviet leader moved slowly to his place beneath a monumental bust of Lenin, turning to acknowledge Communist leaders who had come from as far as Cuba and Viet Nam to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Soviet Union. Dressed in a smartly tailored blue suit and maroon tie, Andropov looked well-rested and healthier than he had five weeks earlier at the funeral of his predecessor, Leonid Brezhnev. But his sober demeanor suggested that he had reserved an important message...
...feet, but never once reached into them to search for a paper that would provide an answer. Confident, but with no hint of arrogance, George Pratt Shultz, 61, provided a reassuring display of his Washington-wise competence as he went about winning unanimous confirmation by the Senate as the 60th U.S. Secretary of State...