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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 3, 1979 | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...Ohira's blunder shattered the precarious coalition of personal allegiances that cemented the LDP. The party itself in not a unified party at all, but a composite of different factions, groups of Diet members who give loyalty first to one prominent leader, second...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Discovering Japan | 12/1/1979 | See Source »

...such pursuits since Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher named him Foreign Secretary last May. The two appear to work exceedingly well together, and the Foreign Secretary has emerged as one of her most influential Cabinet members. Shortly after settling into his Whitehall office, Carrington saved Thatcher from a colossal political blunder on the Rhodesian question by persuading her not to recognize the Muzorewa regime prematurely. After the Prime Minister rather coldly argued that Britain would not accept any Vietnamese "boat people" refugees, Carrington flew to Hong Kong to observe their plight for himself. When he returned to London, he demanded that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Britain's Pragmatic Patrician | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...this 22-year-old book is justified by the current renaissance of interest in classic jazz, and the decision to package the book as new and thus capitalize on Hentoff's now-respected name can be written off as good marketing, but the publishers have made one unforgivable blunder. Each profile in The Jazz Makers ends with a selected discography of five to ten records that represent an artist's most significant work. These discographies were compiled from records readily available in 1957. Now they're all out of print, and many of the recording companies have gone...

Author: By Paul Davison, | Title: Jazzing Up an Old Age | 10/23/1979 | See Source »

While Lowrance glooms over gold's fickle ways, he is suddenly surrounded by gold-jacketed runners and other traders clad in bright red, green and purple coats. They talk excitedly about a broker's blunder: the man has made a mistake in filling out a customer's order, and it will cost him $2,500. A runner asks: "Does that mean we won't be going out to dinner tonight?" "No," answers a trader. "It just means we'll be going to McDonald...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Some Rough Rides for a Fall | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

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