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Your article on Castro's prisons summarizes quite well some of the terrible atrocities committed by the Cuban dictator and his regime. However, it is only a glimpse of the ruthless methods being applied by Communist rulers around the world to attain and maintain their power. Let us be aware of what is occurring to mankind and start doing something about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 12, 1983 | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

Organizers had said before the trip's start that they had hoped to raise $250,000. While Pallotta yesterday acknowledged doubt that the group would attain that goal, he said he believed the ride had proved "more than successful" in raising awareness about the plight of the poor in both developing and industrialized countries...

Author: By Gilbert Fuchsberg, | Title: Detroit Robbery Mars 'Ride for Life' | 8/2/1983 | See Source »

What is the greater good that we seek to attain by extinguishing the life of the unborn child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 18, 1983 | 7/18/1983 | See Source »

...Fuller patented the geodesic dome, which used pyramid-shaped tetrahedrons to attain great strength without internal supports and to cover more space with less material than any other building ever designed. The first commercial sale was to the Ford Motor Co. Other geodesic domes housed DEW-line stations in the Arctic, a concert auditorium in Honolulu and the U.S. Pavilion at Expo '67 in Montreal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Man Who Believed in Mankind | 7/11/1983 | See Source »

...Protocols, however, were taken directly from a French satire published in 1864, Dialogue aux enfers entre Montesquieu et Machiavel (Dialogue in Hell Between Montesquieu and Machiavelli). The conversation reveals Machiavelli (a thinly disguised stand-in for Napoleon III) as a cynical mastermind of corrupt power and how to attain it. The Russian forgers simply adapted his sentiments to fit the imaginary elders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fakes That Have Skewed History | 5/16/1983 | See Source »

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