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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hope. For much of the book, Dyson, an English-born physicist at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, rambles through a grabbag of topics. Dyson recounts the activities of his uncle in the trenches during the First World War, his own experience working with the RAF Bomber Command in World War II, and his encounter with an American military officer who squirmed with excitement when discussing the course of a nuclear...

Author: By Simon J. Frankel, | Title: Stepping Back From the Brink | 4/25/1984 | See Source »

...Dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle, which the U.S. implicitly encouraged. But Nicaragua joined with the Soviets and Cubans to preach Marxist-Leninist revolution through the region. Even the Democratic-controlled House Intelligence Committee found last year that the Salvadoran "insurgency depends for its lifeblood-arms, ammunition, financing, logistics and command-and-con-trol facilities-upon outside assistance from Nicaragua and Cuba." The crucial question is how far the Administration intends to go with its support of the contras. Its original stated aim-interdicting the flow of arms to the Salvadoran rebels-was morally valid if practically difficult...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sorting Out a High-Stakes Game | 4/23/1984 | See Source »

Mondale appears to be in command after a hectic first half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reverses and End Runs | 4/23/1984 | See Source »

Smith joined the Army in 1967 and climbed to staff sergeant, then in 1977 shifted to civilian status as a member of the Army Intelligence and Security Command, which tries to protect the Army against penetration by foreign spies. From October 1976 to July 1978, he was assigned as the case officer to handle a U.S. double agent code-named Royal Miter. The double agent posed as an informant for the KGB but was actually feeding Smith information on Soviet attempts to plant agents in jobs where they could acquire sensitive details about the U.S. Army. Smith met periodically with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cheap Turncoat: A Double Agent Sells Out | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

...morning of Aug. 21, we realized that we could no longer discourage him from coming." Thereupon a decision was made to arrest Aquino on the basis of a 1977 death sentence for murder and subversion. To facilitate that move, Ver said, he turned over documents to General Luther Custodio, commander of Aviation Security Command (AVSECOM), that "affirmed" Aquino's death sentence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Official Verities | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

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