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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Still, not all West Europeans are enthusiastic about the increasingly cozy relationship between the two Germanys. Some worry that West Germany, in its eagerness to accommodate Honecker, will gradually loosen its ties to the Atlantic Alliance and the European Community. A few West Europeans have even raised the specter of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West Homecoming for a Serious Boy | 9/7/1987 | See Source »

Last week, beneath the majestic 13,060-ft. mountain, Nevada Governor Richard Bryan and former Senator Paul Laxalt, along with other dignitaries, dedicated the surrounding 120 sq. mi. of wilderness as Great Basin National Park, the country's 49th. Named by Explorer John C. Fremont, the area known as the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Stalagmites And Stunning Vistas | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

Its narrator is a tall, thin ascetic named Bruce Chatwin, a migratory writer fascinated by nomadic peoples and the origins of human nature. His curiosity takes him to Australia, where he has heard that the continent is entwined by songlines, invisible paths that the aboriginals can read like sheet music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Man Who Writes with His Feet THE SONGLINES | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

If an INF agreement were settled, the United States' only option for shielding the continent from Soviet coercion would be a rapid buildup in conventional forces. However ideal, this option would be impractical considering the country's already strained fiscal resources. Nuclear weapons just happen to be cheap, and increasing...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Learning to Love the Bomb | 8/21/1987 | See Source »

Unfortunately, at present the Europeans have little desire to devote large budgetary resources to their defense. Until we can persuade them to do so, we must continue to guard the continent. If our commitment disappeared, our closest allies--culturally and economically as well as militarily--would be at substantial risk...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Learning to Love the Bomb | 8/21/1987 | See Source »

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