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Of course, we Americans knew that, felt it in our marrow as we marched raucously across a continent. Historian Frederick Jackson Turner explained it to us in 1893, when he wrote of the closing of our Western frontier. "What the Mediterranean Sea was to the Greeks, breaking the bond of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pioneers in Love with the Frontier | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

Financial support for the rebels comes from some 500,000 Eritreans living overseas. The U.S. and other Western governments have not backed the E.P.L.F., in part because some of the group's leaders are Marxists. In addition, like many African countries, they are reluctant to support what some see as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethiopia a Forgotten War Rages On | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

But last night, as the Harvard men's basketball team took on its cross-continent rivals in front of a season-high 2000 fans at Briggs Athletic Center, all that separated the Cardinal and the Crimson was 16 points.

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Stanford Runs Past Men Cagers; Crimson Comeback Stalls, 78-62 | 12/18/1985 | See Source »

Williams said that food aid to Africa has been life-saving but may now be undercutting that continent's own agricultural incentive.

Author: By Evan M. Supcoff, | Title: At Student-Hosted Round-Table, Experts Seek Solutions to Hunger | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

Fuentes criticism of the U.S. is not cultural. His problems with the U.S. are political and relate to the role the U.S. has played so far in Latin America. The problem is between a country with well established political institutions and a continent which is struggling to set the foundations...

Author: By Inigo L. Garcia, | Title: Fuentes: Transcending Barriers | 12/9/1985 | See Source »

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