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...that area. Still, opposition leaders in the Parliament regard these measures as insufficient. Most oppose Mrs. Gandhi's efforts to meet Sikh demands, and some even suggest that she storm the Golden Temple in Amritsar, where Bhindranwale Bhindranwale is ensconced, which would undoubtedly provoke an even more furious Sikh uprising...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: Killing Spree | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

When I remind him of these accusations, he becomes furious: "The death squads are people like you, like [former] U.S. Ambassador Robert White. They are everyone who helps block economic aid that would save the displaced from dying of hunger." According to D'Aubuisson, the death squads do not exist. What about the 1,259 assassinations that, according to the archbishopric, the death squads carried out in 1983? "Those are, perhaps, Salvadoran Communists who died in Nicaragua fighting against Somoza, and whose names are now exploited by disinformation campaigns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democracy Among the Ruins | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

There is some cute interplay between these very earthy--both literally and figuratively--criminals and their hos', Max, a wimpy video-addict computer jock who is not even a real man in the literal sense. The professor becomes furious when he learns that visitors have been allowed into his station, but his heart melts--just like Max's--when he sees Maggie: he needs a real woman as a model for designing his female android...

Author: By Thomas Reiss, | Title: Out of This World | 3/22/1984 | See Source »

...held preliminary meetings with bankruptcy lawyers. Everything Pan Am did to make things better only seemed to make them worse. To raise money, it was forced to sell its 59-story Manhattan office headquarters. It bought National Airlines at the exorbitant price of $450 million in 1980, after a furious bidding war with Eastern and Texas International Airlines, but then ran into difficulty meshing National's domestic routes with its own international runs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Comeback Trail | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

...Administration, however, is still a long way from formally changing its position or tabling a new proposal. On the contrary, says a White House spokesman, "there isn't any furious search to make new concessions. The thinking is that it's the Soviets' turn. We've done all we can without the Soviets' doing anything in return." A staff member of the National Security Council is confident that the Soviets will indeed make the next move: "The change in leadership more than anything means that the Soviets have an opportunity to get away from their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trying to Bury a Hatchet | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

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