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Monge's National Liberation Party, however, is a socialist group with a a tradition of high spending in previous administrations. This time around, it will have to be more tight-fisted than ever before. According to a new government-commissioned report by the New York investment house of Lehman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Costa Rica: Raiding Grandma's Cabinet | 9/28/1981 | See Source »

It didn't happen quite that way. Chris Evert demolished Edda Buding, 6-1, 6-0, then beat the fourth-ranked American woman, Mary Ann Eisel, in the second round, saving six match points with finely honed strokes that would soon become famous: cross-court forehands and sweeping, two...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Not Cinderella, Just the Best | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

It was, in more ways than one. Reagan also made his first public comment -a huzzah-on the news that two of those Navy F-14s had shot down two Soviet-made Libyan Su-22s over the Mediterranean off Libya's coastline (see WORLD). That had been a two...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Yankee Doodle Day | 8/31/1981 | See Source »

Those who are so quick to blame Prime Minister Thatcher and her tight-fisted monetary policies for England's urban riots [July 20] forget that America's riots in the '60s took place during the spending spree of Lyndon Baines Johnson, author of the Great Society.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 10, 1981 | 8/10/1981 | See Source »

In the opening game. Howard Sands, in the number-one position. overpowered the unique double-fisted backhand of opponent Mark Flur to win, 7-6, 6-4. A series of long rallies dominated court play as Sands was forced to modify his usual serve and volley game and frequent the...

Author: By Janie Smith, | Title: Netmen Burn Blue Devils, 7-2; Sands, Pompan Win Handily | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

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