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Congress bows out, and so do some respected veterans

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Free at Last, Free at Last | 10/22/1984 | See Source »

For 24 hours, Irish air force planes and naval vessels had been keeping a close watch over the trawler Marita Anne. Finally, off the southwest coast of Ireland, two Irish navy corvettes, the Emer and Aisling, closed in on the 50-ft. vessel, firing four rounds of tracer bullets across...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism: Arms Coup on the High Seas | 10/8/1984 | See Source »

More than 90% of Mexicans are nominally Roman Catholic; yet anticlerical laws forbid the church to own property, operate primary schools or comment on public affairs. The result is a series of compromises, and the constitution bows to both sides of the birth-control controversy by decreeing that "each person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pround Capital's Distress | 8/6/1984 | See Source »

The applause is not the kind the Celtics get, however. The U.S. is accustomed to winning the archery gold-John Williams, who coaches the U.S. team, won in 1972-but the fact is that archery is a "that's nice" sport. The shooters look nice in their dress whites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Just Off Center Stage | 7/30/1984 | See Source »

Mondale's biggest headache is Jackson, who is trying to rally support for his claim that he has been shortchanged by party rules, since he won 21% of the popular vote but only 8% of the delegates (see following story). Jackson mocked the vice-presidential screening process as a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trying to Win the Peace | 7/2/1984 | See Source »

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