Word: argentina
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...invading neighboring Lebanon and smashing the Palestinian guerrilla forces there. The military campaign was a success, but all the world looked with dismay at the thunder of Israeli bombs on Beirut's civilians and at the massacres in the Palestinian refugee camps. It was a year in which Argentina tested the decline of European power by seizing the Falkland Islands, only to see Britain, led by doughty Margaret Thatcher, meet the test by taking them back again...
...Thatcher never wavered. "Failure?" she once asked derisively. "The possibilities do not exist." Seventy-four days later, the white flags of surrender were fluttering over the Falklands and victory belonged to Her Majesty's forces. Never mind that 255 British lives had been lost (750 to 1,000 for Argentina) or that six British navy ships and a merchant vessel had been destroyed. The triumph upheld both pride and principle, and with it came the so-called "Falklands factor" that lifted British spirits as well as Mrs. Thatcher's standing in public opinion surveys. For the first time...
...worldwide pattern of malaise. In the European Community, more than 11 million people, or 10.3% of the work force, are unemployed. Developing nations from Africa and Asia to Latin America are staggering under a $626 billion foreign-debt load. A string of near defaults on loans to Mexico, Argentina and now Brazil (see box) has rocked the international monetary system...
...Mexico's complex national character had a familiar flavor. As TIME'S Buenos Aires bureau chief from 1979 to 1981, Russell got a first-hand education in Latin American culture. He was also the writer of some half a dozen cover stories on the Falklands war between Argentina and Britain Russell, born in Canada, was particularly conscious of Mexico's status as a next-door neighbor...
...while remaining a committed Zionist Jew, is not afraid to apply principles of social justice and ethical behavior to any society in which he lives. Mr. Timer man did not move to America, the Land of Milk and Honey and Harvard University when he was released by Argentina; he went to live in Israel and be with his people, for better or worse. Daniel Benjamin's charge that Timer man is somehow not a true Israeli is so nauseating as to defy response; I can only wonder how Benjamin reconciles his own--I suppose it is painful?--residency outside...