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...detract national attention from the President's economic program. Convinced that this battle would be cleanly and quickly won, the Secretary of State designated El Salvador as the location for a U.S. showdown-not just with a band of 6,000 leftist guerrillas, who were then in disarray, but with the international Communist threat. At one of his first staff meetings, TIME has learned, Haig delivered a stemwinding speech about the need for the U.S. to stop being pushed around by Soviet proxies in the Third World. By calling for an end to the policies of accommodation that Jimmy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: El Salvador: A Lot of Show, but No Tell | 3/22/1982 | See Source »

...words of one, "We have to let the process up there cook a while longer. It needs to bake some." Convinced that a projected $96.4 billion federal deficit is unacceptable, Republicans stare back at the White House, hoping for a sign of presidential compromise. Gleefully eyeing the disarray within the G.O.P., the Democrats sit back and wait nervously for the Republicans to try to quell the rebellion in their ranks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing It Cool or Frozen in Ice? | 3/22/1982 | See Source »

OPEC itself is in disarray. Iran and Iraq, for example, have been waging a war of attrition for 18 months, and Iran two weeks ago reduced its oil price by $2 per bbl. to increase sales, raise money and pay for the fighting. Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi last week let off a tirade against the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, which he accused of producing too much oil and driving down prices. He said that the oil producers now face an "economic blockade" ordered by America and executed by Saudi Arabia. Production by the 13 members of OPEC...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down, Down, Down | 3/15/1982 | See Source »

Conversely, as the coalition wallows in severe disarray and indecision, MATEP is the busiest it's ever been. Construction work has virtually concluded, engineers are readying for the imminent diesel testing and start-up. For a year-and-a-half, the steam-and-chilled-water portions have been churning efficiently. MATEP is progressing now just like it was supposed to years...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: Making Energy and Enemies | 3/10/1982 | See Source »

...Central Committee's inertia reflected the party's disarray in the face of an ideological power struggle within its dwindling ranks (29% of its members have resigned since August 1980). In recent weeks, a hard-line faction has increasingly attacked party moderates and called for a return to Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy. Led by figures like Politburo Member Stefan Olszowski, this group draws its strength from the bureaucrats whose privileges are threatened by reform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: Prisoner of Events | 3/8/1982 | See Source »

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