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...been less inhibited in 1982 than at any time since the early 1970's." In fact, the press was far more free and represented a wider spectrum of political opinion after the national elections of 1973. The Argentine government continued to harass journalists in 1982, and during the Falkland-Malvinas crisis, three British correspondents were incarcerated on "espionage" charges...
...dimly lighted white clapboard auditorium overlooking Port Stanley's harbor. In the chair was Councilor Terry Peck, 45, an earnest, stocky plumber and former police chief who dutifully jotted notes on the proceedings. But the residents of the tiny capital (pop. 1,050) of the Falkland Islands were not getting together simply to discuss the local issues that bedevil most small communities. One man asked when the town gym, which is now occupied by British soldiers, would be open to the public again. Another grumbled about the military trucks that have been tearing up streets. As if to underscore...
Some aspects of the Falklands' somnolent life have not changed. There is no television, though videocassette players are proliferating (the most popular movies: M*A*S*H and Julia). The telephones have crank handles and are operated by a sole switchboard. The brightly painted clapboard houses are heated with bricks of black peat stored in sheds near kitchen doors, and Land Rovers are the most popular means of transportation. The largest store is run by the Falkland Islands Co., which owns more than 43% of the land and employs 240 workers. Mutton, delivered to homes twice a week...
Actual wars, in Lebanon and the Falkland Islands, made correspondents out of many more readers. Five covers recounting the fighting in Lebanon brought 2,461 letters. It soon became clear that events had triggered a sharp shift away from the support TIME readers have traditionally given Israel. More than 700 wrote after the Oct. 4 cover story on the Beirut massacre, "Israel, a Shaken Nation." Sentiment was 3 to 1 against the Israelis. "My sympathy for Israel's struggles is wearing thin. I am revulsed beyond sympathy," said one. Another agreed: "The underdogs have become the dogs...
Prime Minister Thatcher's visit to the Falkland Islands can be considered an act of provocation only by a country that also deals in provocation and colonialist adventurism. Her action is loyal and constant in a world of inconstant and shifting alliances born of economic expedience...