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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Syria's relations with most other Arab s countries range from mutual dis| trust to outright hatred. Saudi y Arabia and the rest of the Persian I Gulf oil states give Damascus ğmore than $1 billion a year in cash, partly because they deem it essential to have at least one strong Arab state confronting Israel. But the payment also serves as a form of protection money to ensure that Assad does not try to overthrow those conservative regimes. Kuwait, with its large population of Syrian guest workers, feels especially vulnerable. "Assad is a very bright...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bidding for a Bigger Role: Syria seeks to become the prime Arab power | 12/19/1983 | See Source »

...lead. Less than two minutes later, Peter Chiarelli fired in a slapshot on a Bob Starbuck faceoff to make it 3-1. It looked like a three-goal lead when Falcone crashed into Marshall and the puck trickled over the goal line at 1205. But referee Pierre Belanger dis-allowed the goal because of a high stick...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Icemen Take a Little Off the Top, 4-2 | 12/7/1983 | See Source »

...ties with President Reagan, who will make a three-day visit to Japan this week. But at home, the Liberal Democratic statesman has seemed uncertain about how to handle the scandal sur rounding his longtime political ally, for mer Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. As pressure mounted on Nakasone to dis tance himself from the man who has come to be known as the Shadow Shogun, the troubled Japanese leader slipped away to the temple to contemplate one of the most difficult problems of his political career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: Nakasone's Fix | 11/14/1983 | See Source »

...over the country is to wait for Marine casualties to mount and the U.S. to pull out. "The Syrians are dragging their feet," Reagan said at his midweek press conference. "If they're doing it with the idea of wearing me down, they're going to be dis appointed." He had idea, of course, just how much U.S. patience would be tested in the days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Time of Trials for Foreign Policy | 10/31/1983 | See Source »

...says, America has agreed with Tang, but he expresses a strong dis-like for fast foods. "Americans are warm and outgoing. They admire individual achievement and are very independent," he remarks...

Author: By William S. Benjamin, | Title: The Odyssey of a B-School Student | 10/8/1983 | See Source »

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