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"Old people arguing about bets; 'Hold on there, I'll handle this' (waving pint of whiskey, fistful of dollar bills); girl riding piggyback, T-shirt says, "Stolen from Fort Lauderdale Jail.' Thousands of teen-agers, group singing 'Let the Sun Shine In,' ten soldiers guarding the American flag...So far...

Author: By Paul W. Green, | Title: Derby Daze | 3/5/1985 | See Source »

The ties between the police forces and the death squads are rooted in Salvadoran history. Created in 1912, the national guard often acted as a private security force for the country's landowners, who helped to pay the salaries; when peasant uprisings got out of hand, the landlords organized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The White Hands of Death | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

The nation's two major parties differed little on the issues, so the outcome depended on strategy and style. Alfonsin, who lost a bid for his party's nomination when elections were last held in 1973, concentrated on wooing the nation's 5 million first-time voters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Argentina: Voting No! to the Past | 11/14/1983 | See Source »

Rightists and leftists reacted with rare unanimity. "Freedom has taken a vacation," declared the opposition daily Le Quotidien de Paris. Complained the leftist Libération: "They have stolen our liberties for a fistful of dollars." In Paris, more than 3,000 people marched to the Finance Ministry, chanting, "Vacations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: The Great Vacation Flap | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

A delegation of 235 top U.S. business executives returned home from the Soviet Union last week, a little dazed by Russian rhetoric but encouraged by the prospects of doing more business with the Soviets. Executives for Ingersoll-Rand, for example, arrived with a fistful of projects on which the Soviets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trade Trip | 12/6/1982 | See Source »

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