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...Eddie begin talking with us. A stubborn, tenacious adolescent, he sees himself as a "man who has lost all but has not surrendered a fucking thing... And here, when we want, finally, to put our arms around him and hear more, he shrugs us off and retires behind a cloak of scorn, finishing. "Fuck you, cock sucking bastards! You can all go straight to hell!" But that's his problem...

Author: By Mark E. Feinberg, | Title: From Russia, With Angst | 9/27/1983 | See Source »

Since, then however the government in President has significantly tightened the enforcement of apartheid laws and repressed any signs of dissent. In 1966, the IDAF was banned and has been forced to smuggle aid into the country through what Gomes, calls "cloak and dagger means...

Author: By Antony J. Blinken, | Title: Fighting the Just Cause | 9/15/1983 | See Source »

Since then, however, the government in Pretoria has significantly tightened the enforcement of apartheid laws and repressed any signs of dissent. In 1966, the IDAF was banned and has been forced to smuggle aid into the country through what Gomes calls "cloak and dagger means...

Author: By Antony J. Blinken, | Title: Fighting the Just Cause | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

Novelist Chiyo Uno, 85, recently published a series of memoirs and autobiographical pieces (The Sound of Rain, The Tale of a Certain Woman). Perhaps the most respected woman currently writing is Taeko Kono, 67. Her novel Revolving Door deals with protagonists whose ordinary lives cloak sadomasochistic and pathological behavior. The Cheeverish approach of Yuko Tsushima, 36 (A Bed of Grass), examines the roots of family distress and false nostalgia. Taeko Tomioka, 47, is a poet turned novelist, celebrated for her unflinching analyses of social despair. For these women, says Anthologist Yukiko Tanaka, "writing is the antithesis of the selfless submission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Appetite for Literature | 8/1/1983 | See Source »

...Monsanto Co. of St. Louis, the Diamond Shamrock Corp. of Dallas, Uniroyal Inc. of Middlebury, Conn., and T.H. Agriculture and Nutrition Co. Inc. of Kansas City. The case, now in pretrial hearings, is not expected to go before a jury until next year. "It's been all cloak and dagger," says ex-Navyman Sutton, "but I think the truth is finally coming out." No doubt, but some truths may continue to prove elusive: while scientific studies have shown that dioxin is fatal to laboratory animals even in minute quantities, its effects on humans are still a matter of considerable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Longer So Secret an Agent | 7/18/1983 | See Source »

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