Word: coverer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Among TIME's 31 million readers worldwide is an influential, highly educated professional woman who would be a valuable addition to any magazine's demographic profile: Raisa Maximovna Gorbachev, the focus of this week's cover stories on Soviet women. During the Washington summit last December, Mrs. Gorbachev spotted TIME Correspondent Nancy Traver, who spent 3 1/2 years as a journalist in Moscow and who speaks Russian, at a meeting in the Soviet embassy that was closed to the press. Mrs. Gorbachev took her hand, pulled her alongside and said there was nothing wrong with having an American reporter...
...principal reporting for this week's cover stories was done by Moscow Correspondent Ann Blackman. From observing the reactions of Moscow friends who visit her comparatively grand apartment, she knew how difficult many Soviet women have it at home. "The kitchen isn't exceptional by American standards," Blackman reports. "But the Soviet women are amazed to see a dishwasher, a toaster and a Cuisinart." Soviet men are bemused at the sight of her husband, Associated Press Moscow Bureau Chief Michael Putzel, helping in the kitchen...
...projected box-office income. He was really prompted, however, by what usually determines the fate of unfavorably reviewed shows: he had run out of money. To have any hope of turning things around, he needed an additional $2 million or more. That would pay for TV advertising and cover losses for up to two months until the ads and word of mouth might bring in a profitably large audience. "I made an economic decision to cut my losses," said Kurz in his Hamburg office. "Broadway is Russian roulette, and I'm not a gambler...
...Cover: Photograph by Roberto Brosan
...COVER: Frustration with the war on drugs kicks off a bitter debate about legalization...