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Machel, who became last year the first African President to visit Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov, has not received a great deal of assistance lately from Moscow, which is still furious with him for his peace-seeking European safari. The Soviet Union did, to be sure, give Mozambique $450 million in military and economic aid between 1978 and 1982. In return, however, it appropriated the country's lucrative fishing industry, along with the income it produced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mozambique: Sweet Talk | 1/30/1984 | See Source »

...most furious gold rush since the Gay Nineties. Canadians queued up in the bitter cold, frequently for hours at a time, uncharacteristically quarreling with one another, while waiting impatiently to buy tickets. Americans thronged across the border to get in on the game as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: 2,12,29?Now Who's Won the Lottery? | 1/30/1984 | See Source »

...regimes. Kuwait, with its large population of Syrian guest workers, feels especially vulnerable. "Assad is a very bright man, but he also is very mean," says a United Arab Emirates official. The Syrian leader and Jordan's King Hussein always have been deeply suspicious of each other. Assad grew furious last April when the monarch held talks with Arafat on President Reagan's 1982 peace plan, which called for linking the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip in a loose association with Jordan. In October, when Arafat talked about renewing his discussions with Hussein, the Jordanian ambassadors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bidding for a Bigger Role: Syria seeks to become the prime Arab power | 12/19/1983 | See Source »

...come-from-behind victory in a game that saw the lead seesaw back and forth more often than U.S. foreign policy raised the Harvard record to 4-2 and marked the Crimson's fourth home win in as many tries. It also saw the cagers post furious rallies at the end of regulation and overtime, a habit that's become something of a trademark of this Harvard squad...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Ferry Sinks Vermont in Final Second, 63-62 (OT) | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

Captain Kathryn Busby, determined to equal her teammates, ran 400 meters in a furious tempo, setting a new personal record with 58.63. Maryaan Harring followed Maryaan Harring followed suit, winning the 800-meter run in a respectable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women, Men Harriers Ran Past Week | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

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