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Word: deliverance (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan's pronouncements on the pipeline have been inappropriate and ill-conceived, in both style and substance. Certainly the Administration is entitled to voice its strong disapproval of the project and attempt to dissuade the allies from participating--for instance, at the Versailles summit. But there, Reagan was content to...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: No Sanction for Reagan's Machismo | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

The blare of auto horns replaced the bark of gunfire. Lebanese police, backed by soldiers, took over the streets of West Beirut, while the Lebanese army returned to barracks that it had not occupied for five years. As soldiers under the protection of French Foreign Legionnaires cleared away earthen barricades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: End of the Beginning | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

As late as last month the Bonn government agreed to give the company another injection of funds, in the form of export credit guarantees, bank loan write-offs and new bank credits amounting to $470 million. Events, though, were rapidly running against the troubled colossus. In June, President Ronald Reagan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End of All Illusions | 8/23/1982 | See Source »

On Thursday, the P.L.O. forwarded a new set of proposals, including a timetable for leaving Beirut, to Lebanese Prime Minister Chafik Wazzan. Despite the effects of the Israeli bombardment, Wazzan managed to deliver the proposals to Habib, who in turn passed them on to Jerusalem. The working plan reportedly involved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Beirut Goes Up in Flames | 8/16/1982 | See Source »

Turner fared only slightly better using standard UHF programming: cheaply acquired reruns, repackaged old movies, sports. Then he had a moment of inspiration: Why not expand his station's audience many fold, and thus make it far more appealing to advertisers, by beaming its signal via satellite to cable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaking Up the Networks | 8/9/1982 | See Source »

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