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...violence that might ultimately prompt Soviet-bloc intervention. But if the regime succeeds in scaring people off the streets, its next move could be the formal banning of Solidarity. Either way, the prospects of reviving the dream of freedom that was born in Gdansk two years ago seemed dimmer than ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: Freedom Call | 9/6/1982 | See Source »

...were another papal prod to get the regime to come to terms with the Solidarity movement. But Warsaw is convinced that a papal return would be dangerous under current conditions. While the regime is eager to avoid the onus of canceling the papal visit, prospects for the trip seem dimmer than ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Will the Pope Go or Not? | 5/17/1982 | See Source »

...deadline. Opponents challenged the extension, and last December, a federal district judge in Idaho struck it down. The Supreme Court is now slated to deliberate on an appeal of that decision; we urge the Court to hear the case as soon as possible. The longer it waits, the dimmer the possibility that the proposed amendment will have a fair chance of public approval...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deliberate Speed | 2/4/1982 | See Source »

Although no District 65 supporter will admit it, the chance of gaining acceptance may grow dimmer with each campaign. For the core of organizers who have devoted the better part of a decade to winning over Med Area secretaries and technicians, that is the unkindest...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Another Vote, Another Rejection | 4/11/1981 | See Source »

...across, a middling size as large reflecting telescopes go. Yet it will provide images ten times sharper than the biggest instruments on the ground, including the new 236-in. Soviet telescope in the northern Caucasus. The NASA telescope will also be able to pick up celestial objects 50 times dimmer than the faintest ones observable by any giant terrestrial eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: An Eye High in the Sky | 2/9/1981 | See Source »

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