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When a band of Argentine officers revolted last Easter, President Raul Alfonsin rushed to the Campo de Mayo army garrison near Buenos Aires and talked the mutineers into surrendering. Faced last week with another rebellion of disgruntled soldiers in the northeastern city of Monte Caseros, Alfonsin chose not to waste any more words. Instead he sent 2,000 loyalist troops to crush the rebels at a local army base, ending a three-day uprising that had spread to several other units...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Argentina: No More Mr. Nice Guy | 2/1/1988 | See Source »

Editor's Choice FICTION AGENTS OF INNOCENCE, David Ignatius -- THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES, Tom Wolfe -- LEAVING HOME, Garrison Keillor -- THE RADIANT WAY, Margaret Drabble -- ROCK SPRINGS, Richard Ford -- A SOUTHERN FAMILY, Gail Godwin NONFICTION A LIFE IN PEACE AND WAR, Brian Urquhart -- THE MAKING OF THE AFRICAN QUEEN, Katharine Hepburn -- MAN OF THE HOUSE, Tip O'Neill with William Novak -- THE MASK OF COMMAND, John Keegan -- MIAMI, Joan Didion -- THE SONGLINES, Bruce Chatwin

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Editors' Choice | 11/23/1987 | See Source »

...enormous distances and other logistical problems that made covering Africa and the Middle East so tiring," he said. "In Africa the quickest way of getting from one country to another often involved changing planes in Europe." In Central America, by contrast, "you can sometimes leave a government garrison and drive only a few miles down the road to make contact with the guerrillas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Nov. 16, 1987 | 11/16/1987 | See Source »

...CHILD IN TIME, Ian McEwan -- FIRST LIGHT, Charles Baxter -- LEAVING HOME, Garrison Keillor -- OUTLAWS, George V. Higgins -- A SOUTHERN FAMILY, Gail Godwin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Editors' Choice: Nov. 2, 1987 | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

...Garrison Keillor' s Leaving Home yields humble epiphanies from Lake Wobegon. -- Why an anthropologist died in Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

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