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The exhaustive coverage raised broader questions about the appropriate role of journalists in such a crisis. Pentagon Spokesman Michael Burch charged that news organizations were abetting the terrorists by reporting U.S. military movements, including the deployment of the Delta Force antiterrorist unit. Burch was especially angry at NBC and ABC...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Getting into the Story | 7/1/1985 | See Source »

With the decision, the FCC moved the U.S. phone system a step closer to one of the goals of the Bell breakup. That was to promote competition in the long- distance field by making it as easy to use new long-distance companies as it is to use AT&T...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jumbled Long-Distance Lines | 6/10/1985 | See Source »

But neither money nor technical difficulty would necessarily discourage an erratic regime such as Libya's from pouring large amounts into building a small nuclear device. Taylor says that if such a regime could get its hands on enough plutonium, it would require only a few thousand dollars to build...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Backpack Nuke | 6/3/1985 | See Source »

As My Mother's Keeper hit U.S. bookstores last week, Bette Davis, 77, became the latest Hollywood star to have her domestic skirts lifted by a disaffected daughter. Author B.D. (for Barbara Davis) Hyman, 38, depicts the legendary actress as an emotionally erratic, hard-drinking egomaniac who caters to her...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 13, 1985 | 5/13/1985 | See Source »

What is more, the restless tectonic plates spawn volcanic eruptions, which spew carbon dioxide into the air. The increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide results in a greenhouse effect, which traps the sun's energy, causing temperatures on land and in the sea to rise markedly. Conversely, crustal movement may allow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Did Comets Kill the Dinosaurs? | 5/6/1985 | See Source »

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