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On the snow-blown slopes of the Afghan mountains, 75,000 Soviet troops turned their invasion into a full-scale occupation. Moscow's divisions spread into the hinterlands to stiffen the Afghan army's wavering resistance against the Muslim insurgency. A huge Soviet military airlift, which set the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFGHANISTAN: The Soviets Dig In Deeper | 1/21/1980 | See Source »

Perfect execution has never been Crazy Horse's aim, but their pounding and buzzing are ideal for Young's meandering, jam session-like electric productions. The foursome strut through a sterling performance of "When You Dance I Can Really Love" to open the second set, and they render "The Loner...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Neil Young, Unatarnished | 1/7/1980 | See Source »

Yet in 1979 the lean figure of the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini towered malignly over the globe. As the leader of Iran's revolution he gave the 20th century world a frightening lesson in the shattering power of irrationality, of the ease with which terrorism can be adopted as government policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Of The Year: The Mystic Who Lit The Fires of Hatred | 1/7/1980 | See Source »

By last fall, some 22 of the country's 28 provinces were said to be in rebel hands. Amin, by now Taraki's Prime Minister, cracked down with repressive measures, including the execution of some 2,000 political detainees and the imprisonment of some 30,000 others. By...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFGHANISTAN: Steel Fist in Kabul | 1/7/1980 | See Source »

While there are some amusing moments in 1941, there is none of the spontaneity that makes for fun. The movie's premise is as overblown as its execution. 1941 seems to be composed of ill-matched parts of The Russians Are Coming, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bombs Bursting in Air | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

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