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One pilot flew so low over the frigate Antelope that his aircraft scraped against the ship's mast. A 500-lb. bomb penetrated the frigate's midsection, where it failed to detonate. The ship limped slowly up the Bay of San Carlos, giving off smoke, and British bomb-disposal experts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Falkland Islands: Explosions and Breakthroughs | 6/7/1982 | See Source »

In a society traditionally riven by social strife, the anticipated danger had created a kind of unanimity. Even the rivalry among the three branches of the Argentine armed forces had, for the moment at least, disappeared. In one emotional scene last week, thousands of Argentines turned out to welcome 189...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Falkland Islands: Teetering on the Brink | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

The abolition of juvenile court. The juvenile court system was a proud accomplishment of the Progressive era, a largely admirable attempt to treat children in trouble with extra care and sensitivity. The experiment seems largely to have failed, having helped neither the children nor the society it was supposed to...

Author: By Jeffrey. R. Toobin, | Title: Liberals and Crime | 5/11/1982 | See Source »

They also fail to realize that investment in pollution control more than pays for itself in health cost savings. And the idea that local authorities could effectively regulate waste disposal is absurd, it seems none of those who militate for relaxed standards are aware that the wind blows and the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Lethal Strategy | 4/27/1982 | See Source »

Besides his hegemonic ambitions and fear of the PLO, there is another reason for Assad's adventurism in Lebanon. As minority ruler, he is under siege from his Moslem opponents domestically. When he ventures into Lebanon to divert attention from his problems at home, an American mediator negotiates a cease...

Author: By Lawrance S. Grufstein, | Title: The Art of the Possibilist | 4/26/1982 | See Source »

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