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...with a slashing attack on Carter's foreign policy, which he claimed increased the "chances of nuclear confrontation." As for the President's thinking that it might be possible to negotiate with Iran because of its fear of the Soviet Union, Carter was "either deceitful or a fool." Said the former California Governor, alluding to the British appeasement of Hitler: "We're seeing the same kind of atmosphere that we saw when Mr. Chamberlain was tapping his cane on the cobblestones of Munich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Surprise Harvest In Iowa | 2/4/1980 | See Source »

...senior military officers. Four of the officers were also named to the seven-member Praesidium, the main executive body. The government grandly announced the disbanding of the dread KAM secret police, which it said Hafizullah Amin had used for "his own criminal ends." The gesture was not likely to fool many Afghans, however, because the same announcement made it clear that the new intelligence service would be modeled on the Soviet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFGHANISTAN: Props for Moscow's Puppet | 1/28/1980 | See Source »

...tiny man can make a fool of the entire U.S., then I say he deserves the title...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 21, 1980 | 1/21/1980 | See Source »

...quarter them. A young man smuggles cocaine from Mexico into the U.S. and meets up with a malakh, a Jewish angel who subjects him to humiliating lectures: "Whenever the Lord has been convinced to widen His mercy or extend His patience it has been at the behest of a fool. You are such a fool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Stony Parables | 1/21/1980 | See Source »

Phillips: The position of the CP was an historical disaster--only a fool or a knave could have supported it after...

Author: By Mary G. Gotschall, | Title: William Phillips: Partisan Review Retrospective | 1/4/1980 | See Source »

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