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Because of the vast Rockefeller holdings in Latin America, Nelson became familiar with the area and sensitive to its needs. When World War II broke out, President Roosevelt put him in charge of a new agency, the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, which countered Nazi pressures and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Champ Who Never Made It | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

Since Africa is an area in which both the U.S. and China have sometimes shared a common interest, Carter was expected to explain how the U.S. attempt to implement the Anglo-American plan for Rhodesia has bogged down. The President may even indirectly solicit Teng's ideas about how China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Teng's Great Leap Outward | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

During the Mass inside the starkly modern new basilica, the Pope read his sermon from a prepared Spanish text. He frequently invoked the Virgin Mary, who is venerated in his homeland as fervently as she is in Mexico. Said he: "We offer you the whole of this people of God...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Warm Welcome for Pope Juan Pablo | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

And again today, when détente has become fairly tangible on the European continent, when the European conference in Helsinki has charted paths toward broader peaceful cooperation and when talks are under way in Vienna to reduce the level of military confrontation, there is a hullabaloo about "the Soviet military...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: An Interview with Brezhnev | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

Escapists will revel in the hero, whose power and wealth lead to freedom that is the stuff of fantasy, and fantasy-fiction: "He could be a welcome guest anywhere across the continent. He could host a dozen luncheons. He could summon a harem of women, fly to Haiti or Honolulu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pasteboard Parable | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

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