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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Whatever blame the Vietnamese bear for the collapse of diplomacy and the prospect of new bloodshed in their region today, they are unquestionably responsible for the only war the U.S. ever lost. "That war cleaves us still," said George Bush in his Inaugural Address. "But, friends, surely the statute of limitations has been reached. The final lesson of Viet Nam is that no great nation can long afford to be sundered by a memory." Like Palmerston's, those were wise words. But the Administration has yet to apply the lesson to Viet Nam itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America: Abroad The Debacle Deepens | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

...pursuing his long-promised bid to become "the education President." During two crisply photogenic autumn days at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, he convened his Cabinet and the nation's Governors for a historic summit that raised hopes of new national leadership, if not new federal funds, to address the critical problems facing American public education...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Calling for An Overhaul | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

...when he investigated prospects for setting up Special Economic Zones inside China, Jiang referred economic questions to Vice Premier Yao Yilin, an advocate of the strong central planning that stunted the country's development before Deng came to power. Later in the week, Jiang gave a major anniversary address to top party leaders, model workers and soldiers that was larded with phrases from China's Stalinist past. "Failure to stick to the socialist road, while using the blood and sweat of laborers to fatten the capitalist class, will plunge most of the Chinese people into extreme poverty once again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: The Making of Deng's Successor | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

...looked back to, one need only consult passages in Velazquez like the extraordinary plumage of the headdress worn by Queen Mariana for his formal portrait of her in the Prado. Yet not one of his painter-admirers has made Velazquez seem "newer," or in any significant way changed the address of his work. Velazquez himself seems always new, fresh on his own terms, which record the act of scrutiny in the purest imaginable form and so have never dated. He is, to quote Lenin very much out of context, "as radical as reality itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Velazquez's Binding Ethic | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

Coalition members said they hoped to press Mitzna to leave and to address wider concerns...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Israeli General Sparks Protest | 10/7/1989 | See Source »

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