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There are basic ingredients for any adequate President - decency, honesty, courage, intelligence. But it is almost impossible to devise a for mula for great Presidents. Brainpower as measured by academe is only one part. Cunning as coveted by the pols is but another. He who makes hasty judgments had best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Learning to Judge Candidates | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

When these terrestrial reptiles first appeared 200 million years ago near the end of what geologists call the Triassic Period, tropical or subtropical forests covered much of the landscape. The continents were gathered in a single primordial landmass called Pangaea. Initially, the dinosaurs were relatively small and vulnerable, about the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Debunking Dinosaur Myths | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

Like all good popular artists, the Beatles have a talent for distilling the moods of their time. Gilbert and Sullivan's frolics limned the pomposities of the Victorian British Empah; Cole Porter's urbanities were wonderful tonics for the hung-over '30s; Rodgers and Hammerstein's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC 1967: The Messengers: The Beatles | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

That is the difference, and it should be obvious. We should not be surprised by Soviet barbarity, for they play by different rules, but we should take this into account in our dealings with them. And we most certainly should not fall for Soviet propaganda designed not so much to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: KAL 007 | 9/30/1983 | See Source »

WE MAFIA MAVENS try not to miss The Godfather when, every few years, that movie is shown on television. This summer was no exception, once again, the story unfolded about a small group of ruthless criminals who used cunning, blackmail, brutality and cold-blooded murder to seize and hold onto...

Author: By Errol T. Louis, | Title: Getting Tough in Gangland | 9/28/1983 | See Source »

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