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The Soviets believe, for example, that they should be able to invade and occupy Afghanistan because it adjoins a border where they feel vulnerable to Chinese subversion and Islamic upheaval. Never mind that an American ally, Pakistan, as well as vital American interests in the Persian Gulf, is jeopardized as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviets: Both Continuity and Vitality | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

Trying to convert the past into fiction is no small act of faith either. The historical novelist must believe that he can be adequately inspired by old documents when, in fact, his imagination is better served by direct experience. Moore cites as his sources eyewitness reports and church records used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Soul Trek Black Robe | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

Your article, "Excessive Walkouts Plague A.R.T. Show" finds us two very disturbed. You write to us that this play of the A.R.I., "CIVIL warS," is not accessible to American audiences because of its European flavour. Reading this, we became very excited. Having attended the finest universities on the Continent, we...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Qui est Wilson? | 3/1/1985 | See Source »

The year is 1899, and something eerie is happening. Sophie Fevvers, a trapeze artist who has already taken the Continent by storm, now holds London in thrall. Her act is indeed worth catching. For Fevvers, who stands 6 ft. 2 in. tall, also boasts a pair of wings that, when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: On the Wings of a New Age Nights At the Circus | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

-- The DeVry Institutes, a Bell & Howell subsidiary, are at the trade-school end of the spectrum. A profit-making enterprise, DeVry sells "education for the real world." It is a tough-minded, no-frills outfit with about 30,000 students, enrolled in eleven institutes across the continent, studying for bachelor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Schooling for Survival | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

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