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...argued, of course, that American resolve was what brought the Soviets around. For all the uncertainties, progress to date is largely due to an almost heedless Soviet willingness to say da. "This is an entirely different Soviet attitude than we have ever seen before," says a senior aide to Baker. But until the Administration decides what to make of that attitude, START -- and other issues -- could stay stalled...
They have known almost nothing but war. For a generation men have fought over the fabled ruins of Angkor Wat, the colonial palaces of Phnom Penh, and the rich rice paddies along the Mekong River, leaving more than a million Cambodians dead and their land in ruins. But at long last the shell-shocked country had something to cheer. Cambodians crowded the streets last week to hail the withdrawal of the last of the 200,000 Vietnamese troops who had occupied their country for nearly eleven years. Across the eastern border in Viet Nam, there was also celebration. Senior officials...
...recent years, most Soviet Jews who left their country -- almost 19,000 during 1988 -- did so on exit visas for Israel. But during stopovers in Rome or Vienna almost all of them switched their destination to the U.S. They will no longer be allowed to do that, and some American Jewish organizations are protesting...
Several foreign owners have enjoyed almost instant success with the U.S. companies they took over. One such corporation is Bertelsmann, the West German media giant, which has engineered turnarounds at RCA Records and Doubleday publishing. But a surprising number of other foreign investors have so far proved luckless on U.S. turf. Among the pitfalls found in TIME's survey...
...Palestinians have homeland rights, which Israel must accommodate -- often passed her by for the sake of convenience. "It's not surprising that she's perceived by most Jewish people as anti-Jewish," says her ex-husband, director Tony Richardson. "She has created this image for herself, which makes her almost uncastable in a leading role in Hollywood. She's totally unrealistic in her attitude: when she says 'Zionism,' she thinks she isn't talking about Jews. But there isn't a single bit of anti-Semitic blood in Vanessa." Embittered, Redgrave nowadays declines to cooperate on articles -- including this...