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...fellow humans. But your reporting does not explain why political, religious, social and educational leaders have so far failed to reduce our preoccupation with sex; nor does it give any satisfactory reasons why the media, the arts and particularly the press continue using sex and violence as means to exploit the public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 26, 1983 | 9/26/1983 | See Source »

Brazil is still a country rich in resources. Since the mid-1970s, huge new deposits of iron, manganese, nickel, copper, bauxite and gold have been discovered deep in the Amazon basin. To exploit this mineral wealth, the Brazilians have launched a mammoth development scheme, called the Carajas Project, that includes dozens of mines, a 550-mile railroad and a giant dam on an arm of the Amazon, all to be completed by 1990. The cost will be staggering: $61 billion. But the eventual income from the project, estimated at $14.6 billion annually, may be worth the initial expense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rainy Days in Brazil | 7/25/1983 | See Source »

...appearing before the A.F.T., Reagan was trying to exploit a growing national concern about the need to improve public schools. He was also indicating a willingness to collaborate with the A.F.T., which represents 580,000 school employees, perhaps furthering a split in the teachers' union movement. Said the President: "I know that there's another pretty big education organization out there. But it has been my experience that dedication, open-mindedness and initiative count for as much as size. The A.F.T., like Avis, tries harder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Caught in the Crunch | 7/18/1983 | See Source »

Reagan sought to exploit the differences between the unions in Los Angeles. Said he: "The A.F.T. wants to upgrade standards, including emphasis on testing both students and beginning teachers, changing curriculum to strengthen academic requirements and increasing homework assignments. So do I." He also attacked the N.E.A. for "brainwashing American schoolchildren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Caught in the Crunch | 7/18/1983 | See Source »

...violated a person's human rights or the law. What I can guarantee is that there were no orders supporting this. I am a Christian. I have five children. I love them. I cannot disregard human rights. I do condemn human-rights organizations that are partial. They exploit the good will of a lot of people for their own aims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time to Make Decisions | 6/13/1983 | See Source »

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