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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviets withdrew from the Olympic Games not because they feared their athletes would not be safe, nor to "get even" for President Carter's removal of American athletes from the Games in Moscow in 1980. The real reason: they fear defection by their own athletes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 11, 1984 | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

...existence of a CIA pipeline to the mujahedin has long been an open secret. President Carter's National Security Adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, publicly took credit for setting up the arms flow to the Afghan rebels in 1979. Shortly before his death in 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat acknowledged that the U.S. was using Egypt to ship weapons to Afghanistan. During a visit to Pakistan last year, Secretary of State George Shultz went so far as to tell several thousand Afghan refugees, "You fight valiantly, and your spirit inspires the world. I want you to know that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFGHANISTAN: Caravans on Moonless Nights | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

...earlier generation, almost every senior knows where he was and what he was thinking the night of that election. For the largely liberal student body, the reaction was shock. James Orenstein '84 was in the middle of a play rehersal when "someone broke in and said that Carter had conceded and Reagan had won. Everyone was stunned, they just stood there...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Days of upheaval | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

...their advice to candidates, few seem to have taken major roles in any of the campaigns. "I'm not aware of anyone who's taken a leave of absence to work on a campaign." notes Joseph S. Nye, professor of Government and a former high-ranking official in the Carter Administration State Department. Nye adds that his own commitment to former Vice-President Walter F. Mondale's campaign is limited to regular trips to Washington to advise the campaign on foreign policy issues. As Nye explains his current role. "I'm an occasional participant [in the political process]. They...

Author: By Richard L. Callan, | Title: Professors sit on political sidelines | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

...recommendations is the elimination of defensive tactics that preserve the jobs of incumbent management but lessen the value of the company to shareholders. Such stratagems can include buying back company stock and issuing "poison pills," like preferred stock, which dilute the value of other outstanding shares. The Carter Hawley Hale department store chain has used both techniques in fending off a takeover attempt by The Limited. So far, its tactics have succeeded. The Limited Chairman Leslie Wexner said last week that his firm's tender offer will not be extended, though he hopes to make another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Merger Rules | 6/4/1984 | See Source »

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