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...must never be fought," he said in 1983. During the early years of his presidency, Reagan privately sought to open dialogue with the leaders of the U.S.S.R. but made no headway. With Gorbachev's arrival in 1985, Reagan found a partner who could help in his quest to end the arms race--and ultimately abolish nuclear weapons. "There was something likable about Gorbachev," Reagan said after their first meeting in Geneva. (See pictures of East Germany making light of its dark past...
...rather, it collapsed from its own weight. But Reagan's speech presciently identified Berlin as the proving ground of Gorbachev's intentions to open up the communist bloc. If Gorbachev truly sought peace and liberalization, Reagan said in Berlin, then he should let the Wall come down. In the end, Gorbachev did, and the rest of the Iron Curtain followed. Allowing democracy to spread through Eastern Europe in 1989 was Gorbachev's greatest accomplishment; in this drama, Reagan was the supporting actor. Nevertheless, as Sean Wilentz, a liberal historian, wrote in 2008, Reagan's "success in helping to finally end...
HARVEY WASHINGTON, an imprisoned pimp, on young runaways who turn to prostitution. Nearly one-third of children who flee or are kicked out of their homes each year end up trading sex for food, drugs or a place to stay...
...self-aggrandizement became both fashionable and fashion, especially for girls, with everything dropping by inches - necklines and waistlines but not hemlines, which climbed upward until a skirt became little more than a strap. Professional athletes flaunted their immodesty, egos on steroids bashing at the plate and dancing in the end zones; where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio, whose name was synonymous with greatness and grace? Developers etched their names into their towers in letters 6 ft. high; financiers built cottages the size of cathedrals. Politicians talked louder but did less, or declared Missions Accomplished that had barely begun. (See sports...
...worth the wait. Organized by Michael R. Taylor, the museum's curator of modern art, it has final galleries so triumphant, you want to throw your hat in the air, even though you know - and how could you forget? - that this is a story that will end where it began, in darkness. (Watch TIME's video about Arshile Gorky...