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Economic summit meetings are always part consultation and part ceremony but, all too often, mostly ceremony. Every year the venue changes, but the format is the same. The heads of the world's leading industrial democracies (the U.S., Japan, West Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Canada), joined by representatives of the European Community, gather somewhere pleasant for two to three days of talks in the name of greater economic cooperation. They meet often and dine well in private, with time out for photo opportunities. A communiqué laden with truisms is released. Then the luminaries disperse to follow whatever divergent policies they...
...relay system that converts images into computer digits and sends them via satellite. "This allows us to get pictures of Sunday events and still ship the magazine to readers at or near the usual delivery time," explains TIME Corporate Production Director Bob McCoach. To transmit the photos, Britain's Crosfield Electronics, maker of the complex system, rounded up the sophisticated and bulky equipment and shipped it by air from London to Reykjavik...
...following story), Syrian President Hafez Assad denied that Syria had anything to do with the attempted bombing of the El Al jetliner and charged that Hindawi's actions were part of an Israeli plot to discredit Damascus. The farfetched theme was echoed by Loutof Haydar, Syria's Ambassador to Britain, whom Hindawi has implicated in the El Al scheme. Haydar reportedly dismissed the charge as a "setup to defame Syria." In addition, the state-controlled Damascus Radio charged that U.S. and Israeli agents were responsible for a "wider campaign against Syria...
...announced that he will not seek a third term when his mandate ends in November 1987. M'Bow, 65, whose autocratic stewardship has been attacked from both within and without the 158-nation organization, said he would leave "to get UNESCO out of the hurricane zone." The U.S. and Britain promptly announced that they will withhold any reconsideration of their departure until it becomes clear just how far UNESCO will ultimately move. SOVIET UNION A Mountain For Samantha...
Though Identity has only recently come to public notice, its central concept dates back to the 19th century. In its farfetched "British Israelism" theory, which lacks historical evidence, people of Britain or northern Europe (and hence white Americans) are the descendants of the ten Lost Tribes of ancient Israel. "The Jews have no part in this household," asserts Butler...