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The Basque upset was the latest in a series of political twists that have contributed to a sense of national frustration. With it has come a growing skepticism about the durability of Spain's new democratic institutions. Much of the disappointment and blame has been directed against Suá...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Lost Momentum | 3/24/1980 | See Source »

Sao Paulo, the largest city on the continent, has all the attributes of a cosmopolitan, lively urban sprawl. Crowds swamp the downtown area, some of which is closed off to traffic, throughout the day, giving the city a liveliness foreign to anywhere in the United States. One of the largest...

Author: By Rich Strasser, | Title: Beyond the Copacabana | 3/15/1980 | See Source »

Europeans in every corner of the Continent still observe afternoon tea. In France they observe it all day long, but in Germany, most people confine themselves to half an hour or so. To amuse ourselves before tea, Alexis, Phillippa and I climbed the hillside where the University of Heidelberg stands...

Author: By Sarah L. Mcvity, | Title: Underground at The Whiskey | 3/15/1980 | See Source »

It is an election that Africa will long remember. It has been marked by political violence, brutality and intimidation, perhaps the worst in the history of the continent's turbulent independence movements. During the two-month campaign in Zimbabwe Rhodesia, there have been 250 deaths and more than 207...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ZIMBABWE RHODESIA: Fighting to the Finish Line | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

But with international stardom came miseries that he trailed across more than one continent. Trouble began when he either did or did not have an affair with Sophia Loren, his co-star in the 1961 adaptation of Shaw's The Millionairess. He says he was so smitten that he confessed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Sellers Strikes Again | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

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