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...last week, Canadians--specifically voters in the linchpin province of Ontario--decided that nine months of Joe Clark was enough. They came to that conclusion despite clamor that the Conservatives had not been given a chance to govern, and despite a Tory advertising campaign that attempted to blame the country's problems on the 11-year Trudeau administration...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: A Second Coming | 2/23/1980 | See Source »

...Ayatullah insisted that the hostages were not protected by diplomatic immunity because the U.S. embassy was not a proper embassy. Said he: "It was a den of espionage, and they are spies. We reject all the clamor by various sections abroad that these people should be freed because they are embassy staff and members of a mission." Emboldened by the regime's new expressions of support, the student militants turned their fire on Ghotbzadeh. In Communique 75, they accused him of "talking too much." Said the militants: "The Iranian nation should be ashamed to speak more than necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Cruel Stalemate Drags On | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

Admittedly, modern times are fraught with real hazards, and no sensible person would sniff at prudent precautions. Still, it is hard not to shudder at the sheer volume of disquieting cautions, at the constancy, variety and intensity of the fearful clamor. Indeed, one may reasonably wonder whether the very climate of alarm itself has not become a hazard to health and serenity. Everybody's psyche now takes a drubbing day in and out from the concatenations of danger. An American can scarcely make a move nowadays without being pushed into a state of alert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Living Happily Against the Odds | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

...live opera, but pose a danger as well. By offering an instant, easily consulted libretto, they restore to the recitative sections the cynical bite normally lost on English-speaking audiences. Future directors. though, would do well to find themselves better translators than Losey's. As the spirits of hell clamor for the Don's soul, for example, he shouts, "They agitate my viscera...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Donning the Screen | 11/28/1979 | See Source »

Despite the clamor, there is little chance that Iranian students as a group will be forced to leave the U.S. Though it is currently in the process of deporting 4,300 Iranian nationals on grounds that they have broken immigration rules, the Carter Administration has ruled out mass "summary" expulsion of the students. Such a purge would violate U.S. immigration laws, which say that deportations must be handled on a case-by-case basis, subject to review by the courts. But last week, in a general tightening, the President ordered the Justice Department to deport any Iranian students who were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: We're Going to Kick Your Butts | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

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