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The Americas. Canada and Mexico would prefer a Carter victory; they are apprehensive about Reagan. Both regard his vague proposal for a North American common market as a thin disguise for a U.S. attempt to grab their oil, gas and other natural resources. Leftist leaders in Latin America fear that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Praising with Faint Damns | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

The message Pérez Esquivel preaches is simple. A devout Roman Catholic, a sculptor and onetime professor of art and art history, he gave up his academic career in 1974 to found and head Argentina's Servicio Pazy Justicia (Peace and Justice Service). The group is dedicated to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nobel Prizes: A Light in the Latin Darkness | 10/27/1980 | See Source »

Brown ticked off some of the gains in military preparedness during his tenure: a tripling of spending next year, to $1 billion, for spare parts for the Air Force; the shipment of enough equipment to Europe to enable the U.S. to dispatch four divisions to the Continent within two weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Point Man Harold Brown | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

In fact Schmidt's considerable triumph in the Oct. 5 national elections left him in the strongest political position of any Western European leader. France's President Valéry discard d'Estaing was bracing for a spring election that could reduce his standing with the voters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: Business as Usual for a Big Winner | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

That is certainly not the case. Most Americans are dependable and forthright-most of the time. Enough people fall short of square dealing, however, to have left Americans a keen hunger for someone to trust. While political lying may have entered an "era of mass production," as Critic Robert Adams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Busting of American Trust | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

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