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A slight Daffy Duck lisp comes and goes, and provides an affecting touch of vulnerability. He works the audience, improvising. On some occasions he will begin slowly, reading straight from a prepared typescript. But then, eager to give his measured words emphasis, he starts his right hand stirring the air...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Spunky Tycoon Turned Superstar | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

Gorbachev provided the clearest outline of his agenda in his 30-minute acceptance speech to the Central Committee the day he took office. He offered no strikingly new programs or proposals. His emphasis was on continuity. Said Gorbachev: "The strategic line, worked out at the 26th Party Congress (and) at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviets: Ending an Era of Drift | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

The apportionment of the USA for Africa proceeds has already been carefully worked out. The first 35% will go to 13 African countries for immediate relief, with special emphasis on medical aid; an equal portion will be put toward farm and water supply and general agricultural improvement; 20% will be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Forty-Five Voices | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

On socialism. Is there really a trend toward conservatism? Or is there simply a trend against the people who happened to be in office during the economic crisis--between 1975 and 1982--and (who) were often Socialists or Social Democrats? In Germany, for example, you had Helmut Schmidt, and he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France We Have to Adjust | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

The emphasis given to the military, which absorbs an estimated 14% of the economy's total output, has long meant sacrifice for the Soviet people, and that sacrifice may worsen. In the past year Moscow has been able to generate enough export earnings to pay for most of its imports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking on the Bureaucracy | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

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