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From Moscow to Ottawa to Tokyo, Sadat's murder has special meaning to those who lead. The most powerful among them know that they too could be snuffed out in a few seconds' time. There is no doubt of the genuine shock and grief felt by Ronald Reagan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Bonds of a Very Small Club | 10/19/1981 | See Source »

IN ALL, THERE IS a surreal quality to the people Brinnin has assembled. Flitting in and out of each other's lives with a bewildering ease, alluding with cryptic statements to another part of their lives, outside the bounds of Brinnin's knowledge: These are not real people, but characters...

Author: By Laura K. Jereski, | Title: Six Characters In Search | 10/15/1981 | See Source »

If the Prince has picked up a little pizazz by association with Lady Diana, she has assumed the beginnings of a royal aspect. Even though she chose to have "obey" deleted from the marriage service, she has not yet dealt successfully with the problem of monarchical chapeaux. Women of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magic in the Daylight | 8/3/1981 | See Source »

At first it looked like a fleeting flap, handled swiftly and skillfully by the Administration to limit the damage. Max Hugel, a millionaire merchant with no visible qualifications to hold his post as director of clandestine operations for the CIA, had been publicly accused of illegal stock manipulations by two...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Old Skeletons Rattle the CIA | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

Modern vests, made of fiber glass, are both lightweight and flexible.*Ted Gunderson, former head of the FBI's Los Angeles office, suggests that whenever possible, the President should exit a hotel or auditorium through a basement garage. The Secret Service argues that the President risks being trapped in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Protecting the President | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

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