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More generally, Gorbachev made clear that whatever his ambitions to improve the Soviet economy and the country's image abroad, he is determined to compete ruthlessly with the U.S. on every front and to keep Soviet military might at a level where the U.S.S.R. feels secure, and therefore where much of the rest of the world feels insecure. As the most powerful newcomer to the world stage, Gorbachev had numerous occasions to flash his nice smile, but those iron teeth were always showing. --By Strobe Talbott

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Four In The Spotlight: Mikhail Gorbachev | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...type of soldier: bold and resourceful, often trained in the black arts of stealth and sabotage, suitable for an elite unit that can vanish into alien territory or strike anywhere with speed and surprise. Recent events have underscored the need for such mobile, small-scale fighting units. As Americans abroad have become increasingly vulnerable to terrorist attacks like the Christmas-week atrocities in Rome and Vienna, Washington has recognized more than ever the utility of a quick and certain response. At the same time, the Reagan Administration has placed increased emphasis on a "new globalism" designed to assert U.S. interests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Warrior Elite For the Dirty Jobs | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...cronies did not hesitate to carry out what one businessman calls "the economic rape of Haiti." Among the worst offenders were the ministers fired last week, all of whom are said to have become wealthy during their government service. The four have been given their choice of diplomatic posts abroad. "It's early retirement for our supermillionaires," scoffed one businessman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: Small Stirrings of Change | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

Against university rules, said Spence, Safran had invited Middle East scholars from the U.S. and abroad to a symposium on Islamic fundamentalism, to be held at the center on Oct. 15-16, without first telling either Harvard or the guests that the CIA had contributed $45,700 toward the conference. Moreover, Safran's recently published book, Saudi Arabia: The Ceaseless Quest for Security, had been underwritten in part by a CIA grant of $107,430, conveyed under a contract granting the agency review and censorship of the manuscript. When, a week before the conference, word leaked out about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Unhappy Times in Cambridge | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...past 40 years, TIME has become a magazine of global reach and impact. By latest reckoning, some 32 million people read it each week, more than 23 million in the U.S. and the rest abroad. TIME now connects a dentist in Kyoto, a stockbroker in Bonn, an interior decorator in Boston--and five subscribers on tiny Tuvalu Island in the South Pacific (occupations unknown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter from the Publisher: Jan. 20, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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