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By comparison, even the once despised government regime is winning some popular support as it gains militarily against the rebels. With a view toward future elections, the government has initiated a series of rural land reforms, and its economic liberalizations have been bringing a measure of prosperity to + this benighted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kampuchea Is Peace at Hand? | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

For the past several weeks, Hong Kong Bureau Chief William Stewart and Photographer Sandro Tucci have been the only Western journalists in Burma. In normal times that would not be surprising: since the country's last democratic government was ousted in a 1962 coup, Burma has been virtually closed to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Sep. 26, 1988 | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

Yeah, n' th' actin' is pretty good, too; least I didn't catch any weak spots. But th' actin' don't seem t' matter too much anyways in a play where everyone is an archetype n' th' outcome is pretty much a foregone conclusion. Since everythin' is so inevitable, Curse...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Just a Story About Some Cowboys | 7/19/1988 | See Source »

For a while, the Soviets seemed to be winning almost everywhere. From Kampuchea in Southeast Asia to Angola and Ethiopia in Africa to Nicaragua in Latin America, Kremlin-backed or Kremlin-installed regimes had an ominous look of permanence. After all, Soviet power, once entrenched beyond its own borders, had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West No More Mr. Tough Guy? | 5/23/1988 | See Source »

The rest of the time we are left in no doubt about anything. The churchmen are saintly in their lack of guile; the Indians are all joyous children, born to be victimized; the settlers are political schemers and oppressive brutes. You can smell the concluding massacre coming for hours. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Up the Creek the Mission | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

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