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...same moment in Tehran, Nabavi was signing his copy of the declarations. "At last I can smile again," beamed Christopher after putting his name on the documents with a felt-tipped pen that he borrowed from Saunders as a sign of appreciation for his work on the accord...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran Hostages: How the Bargain Was Struck | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

...middle-class whites often used to ignore court orders they didn't like, but desegregation taught them the function of the courts. "If Plessy vs. Ferguson [the 1896 decision authorizing 'separate but equal' facilities fro Blacks and whites] had been obeyed, segregation would have ended of its own accord because it would have been too expensive," Willie explains...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: Teaching the School Boards | 1/28/1981 | See Source »

...fact, were all the more surprised by the choice when Begin named him Finance Minister because 13 months earlier Hurvitz had resigned his previous post as Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism in protest over the Camp David peace agreement. He made no apologies for his opposition to the accord, but Begin nevertheless brought him back as Israel's economic police chief, as it were. Hurvitz scored a notable success last April when he managed to seal a pact with Israel's major labor federation, the Histadrut, to set a graduated ceiling on wage claims until April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yigal the Printer | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

...issue of the five-day week but also censorship disputes, including the right of Solidarity to publish its own newspaper and of theaters to screen a documentary about the summer strikes. The fact that Jagielski, the regime's top-ranking Deputy Premier, who had personally negotiated the Gdansk accord, had been suddenly called in to replace a lower-ranking official for the talks showed the serious ness of the new labor-government face-off. Walesa and Jagielski were closeted in the low. gray stone building of the Council of Ministers for six hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: Furor over a Five-Day Week | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

Percy said he convinced Brezhnev and Gromyko that the unratified SALT II accord was "as dead as a doornail." Percy suggested instead that representatives from both nations meet informally to decide what was worth salvaging from SALT II. Once they reached "reasonable agreement" on at least some principles, it might be possible to begin a new set of negotiations, Percy told the Soviets. "I would be surprised if both sides do not agree to sit down at an early date to discuss arms control," said Percy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST-WEST: Moscow Sends Some Signals | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

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