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Said Caddell: "One of Ihe things a President as a political leader has to confront is how to buy time from the public to put into place programs that take months to get through Congress, much less have an impact. Given the public mood, a healthy dose of boldness in the early days may help buy time. So my advice lo Mr. Reagan now would simply come down to this: Be bold, Mr. President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Right Time for Boldness | 5/25/1981 | See Source »

This is the reality of limited nuclear war--a reality that people world-wide must confront, understand and prevent, according to the Boston-based group. International Pyysicians for the Prevention of Nuclear Warfare [IPPNW]. Founded by three Harvard professors and one MIT staff pyschiatrist two years ago. IPPNW members were brought together by a shared concern with the growing acceptability of "limited" nuclear...

Author: By Kate Orville, | Title: Prevention When There is No Cure | 5/20/1981 | See Source »

From Damascus, the official news agency, SANA, reported that Syria was staging war games on its own territory to show that its forces were "continuously ready to confront Israel at any time." Rumors that Syria had sent some 4,000 of its peace-keeping forces south of the Beirut-Damascus highway, however, were refuted by U.N. and U.S. observers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Delay with Diplomacy | 5/18/1981 | See Source »

Only 16 teams from across the nation are selected to compete at this prestigious tournament--which hosts the elite of college tennis. The Crimson could, depending on first-round draws, confront such powerhouses as UCLA or Pepperdine--not to mention the star-studded array of lesser dieties...

Author: By Janie Smith, | Title: Netmen Win Eastern Championship; Team Expects Challenge at NCAA's | 5/11/1981 | See Source »

...every hundred students who start out in Memorial Junior High each September, 60 will not be around in June. Of those who actually do graduate, something like one-fourth fail to get into high school. Each fall teachers steel themselves to confront a steady stream of unfamiliar faces with all-too-familiar problems. But like a stratified rock in Geology I, the school tells more about where the town has been than where it is going. English Teacher Tizoe Romero recalls the '40s, when Memorial was the poor white man's school. Coach Harry Franson remembers twelve years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In California: Pay-as-You-Go Pedagogy | 5/11/1981 | See Source »

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