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Such banality in the face of danger should persuade us that the rich are ordinary people, not nobles who feel kinship with peasants. Able only to indulge their ordinariness to a greater extent than most, they mix common human altruism with much selfish silliness. But kindness, though common, resist lumping...

Author: By Peter Kolodziej, | Title: Loaded But Human | 3/3/1982 | See Source »

In the article rating the most desirable cities in the U.S. [Jan. 11], it said that "Atlanta is the second worst city for water pollution after Albuquerque." This comment has caused great consternation to both citizens and public officials here. TIME's source, the Places Rated Almanac, quoted a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 22, 1982 | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

In the House, proponents of these bills will find it difficult to get them approved by the liberal-dominated Judiciary Committee. But if they can get a "discharge petition," signed by a majority of the members, they can force a head-on floor vote. In the Republican Senate, where the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enter, Stage Far Right | 2/15/1982 | See Source »

Moreover a draft would propel an already existing movement toward wasteful and dangerous militarism. Nunn and Co. argue somewhat smugly that even if the peaceniks bottle things up this year, we will eventually need conscription to supply the 200,000 additional troops mandated by Reagan's Pentagon bonanza--especially if...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Safer; No Fairer | 1/20/1982 | See Source »

The strangest "arms bazaar" that TIME Correspondent Bruce van Voorst had ever seen was a collection of grimy peasant tents spread out on a dusty knoll outside the town of Mahabad, in the Kurdish mountains of western Iran. There, a clientele of mercenaries and international agents milled about, examining Israeli...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter from the Publisher: Oct. 26, 1981 | 10/26/1981 | See Source »

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