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...together produced no dramatic results, though both sides agreed to keep speaking. "These talks possibly alleviated U.S.-Nicaraguan distrust," said Shultz. "But trust is something you build up over time." The Secretary of State also insisted that his trip was not an independent negotiating bid, but an expression of support for the Contadora group (Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia and Panama), which has been trying to reach a diplomatic solution to the region's conflicts. The Shultz trip not only undercut critics who complain of Reagan's militaristic approach to the area's problems, but was a welcome change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America: Starting a New Chapter | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

...Always distrust professed honesty," says Scumbler, an aging, defiantly bohemian American painter in Paris. "It's the ultimate con job." This seems an odd assertion from a character whose narrative is one long profession of emotional candor, sensitivity, creativity and individuality. William Wharton's novel is no con job, however, but something perhaps harder to take: a credo of total, devout and sometimes excruciating sincerity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Too True | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

...them as human beings, not as some anonymous red horde." For Deng, the "most important progress is that I met the President for the first time." A major concern of U.S. diplomats is whether Deng, 79, will be able to install a new generation of leaders who share his distrust of the Soviets and fascination with free enterprise. If he cannot, the door to the Middle Kingdom could slam shut as quickly as it opened. -By Evan Thomas. Reported by Robert Ajemian and Laurence I. Barrett with the President

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Opening to the Middle Kingdom | 5/14/1984 | See Source »

...Xiannian. The Chinese mentioned Taiwan again and again, but in measured tones; ultimatums were not delivered. Deng, while forswearing any explicit alliance with Washington, made it clear over the course of his 2½ hours with Reagan on Saturday that he shares the American President's fundamental distrust of the Soviets. Several trade agreements were firmed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: History Beckons Again | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

There is the Jesse Jackson that many whites distrust and some even fear. He is the former black radical, the civil rights leader who threatened white businessmen with economic boycotts, the presidential candidate who called Jews "Hymie" and New York City " Hymietown." In his shadow, neither embraced nor disavowed, stands Minister Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, a Black Muslim sect, who has praised Hitler and seemed to threaten a black reporter with death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pride and Prejudice | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

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