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President Alfonsin's notion provoked immediate comparisons with Brazil, which in 1960 moved its capital inland from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia. Today Rio de Janeiro continues to flourish as the country's cultural center, while politicians and diplomats regard Brasilia as a well-intentioned but disappointing experiment in decentralization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Argentina: Bye-Bye to B.A.? | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

...After a flourish and a smile, Carroll was whisked to her black limousine and back to TV land. Disappointed fans who didn't make it to the Coop have a second chance this Wednesday at 9 p.m. on television...

Author: By David M. Lazarus, | Title: Singer, `Dynasty' Star Diahann Carroll Gets Crowd to The Coop | 4/22/1986 | See Source »

...Sandinista government's main goal, according to Martinez is "to allow democracy to flourish." He told the audience of 50 that his country has striven for political diversity because it is "small and weak...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sandinista Official Blasts U.S. | 3/11/1986 | See Source »

...EVIL FLOURISH in our society where we give it the soil to grow. But once the evil is gone will we have to reinvent it to remind ourselves what we should not do? Should we reprint racist remarks to warn what we might revert to? And when racism was a more apparent problem than it is today, should we not have protested against it? Perhaps we are silly and being laughed at, accused of being prudes but think of the standards you apply when you laugh and try to wonder whether you can rationalize away sensitivity...

Author: By Victoria G.T. Bassetti, | Title: Don't Rationalize Away Sensitivity | 3/5/1986 | See Source »

...group; needless to say, I have many days when I despair of social harmony. Still, it is precisely because I am at bedrock an optimist that I am writing this letter, and because it is in my best vested interest that a rapport between Jews and Blacks once again flourish. Editorials such as Mr. Barron's do nothing toward fostering a dialogue that will bring that rapport to pass. Rafia Zafar Assistant Secretary W.E.B. Du Bois Graduate Society

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Black Debate | 3/4/1986 | See Source »

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