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Word: closedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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As the world has closed in on him, Bush has gone to his faithful telephone. Just 15 minutes before he was scheduled to make his statement to the nation on sending troops to Panama, Bush paused in his hurried preparations and put in a call to Costa Rica's President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Busy Thursday | 5/22/1989 | See Source »

What seemed like an easy victory for U.S. policy now appears to call for a more carefully calibrated approach. In February, while Moscow's troop pullout was in progress, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was looking to salvage some political face. He wrote to President Bush asking for U.S. help in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Misplaced Optimism Despite | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

Meanwhile, the Egyptians will have to continue depending on foreign expertise as well as money. That generates suspicion in a country whose treasures for years have been spirited away by scholars and souvenir hunters. Such removals have become rare, but most visitors still have little interest in preservation. A few...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Perilous Times for the Pyramids | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

"THESE people are absolutely shameless!" exclaimed Gerald Ford on Monday, denouncing Panama's election fraud. General Noriega's security forces have publicly torn ballots, closed voting areas and even beaten opposition candidates.

Author: By Ghita Schwarz, | Title: Fraud and U.S. Foreign Policy | 5/12/1989 | See Source »

"I'm afraid that the economics of the situation has much more to do with it than the music," says Gideon Toeplitz, vice president and managing director of the Pittsburgh Symphony. "The conductor needs sex appeal." Conductors themselves are well aware of the new realities. "Most orchestras today go for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Now, A Grab for New Chairs | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

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