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In the meantime, patrons will have to make do with the shops and restaurants. Not that those aren't quite enough in themselves. Here, for example, are some of the Pedro/South of the Border souvenir items one can purchase in the 17 stores: velvet paintings, toilet seats, wall hangings, purses...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: 18 Hours South of the Border | 6/26/1981 | See Source »

I fled Lebanon in 1975. Since then, nothing has changed. The country is tired of cosmetic solutions. It needs major surgery: outright partition.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 15, 1981 | 6/15/1981 | See Source »

Gorky's real name was Vosdanik Adoian. His father was a carpenter in Armenia, his mother the descendant of minor nobility and priests. He renamed himself as a defiant cosmetic gesture: "Arshile," he explained, was the Russian form of Achilles, and the writer Maxim Gorky was one of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Triumph of Achilles the Bitter | 5/11/1981 | See Source »

Outraged by the drug connection, U.S. congressmen have organized opposition to the Garcia Meza regime. Sen. Dennis De Concinni (R-Ariz.), one of the most vocal opponents, contends that cocaine elites actually prop up the government, referring to an alleged $70 million emergency grant given by those involved in the...

Author: By Charles R. Hale, | Title: Resistance to the Bolivian Coup: A Personal Account | 5/7/1981 | See Source »

Mindful of the spreading Islamic disgust at the sort of corruption that helped topple the Shah of Iran two years ago, the Saudi regime has recently begun a well-publicized clean-up drive. The campaign, though, is largely cosmetic; payoffs continue unchecked. One method is fifty-fifty partnership arrangements between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Profits in Big Bribery | 3/16/1981 | See Source »

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