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Even without Iran, the era of Reagan was passing. It has left its indelible mark, yet its battle cry -- that Government is the problem, not the solution -- is losing force. Presidential candidates of both parties are struggling to define a new role for Government in the post-Reagan era. While...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Reagan Administration... A Change in the Weather | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

Since a solution to South Africa's grinding racial conflict seems to be beyond grasp, how about 306 solutions? That is exactly the suggestion made in a best-selling book that has raised a new controversy -- and won some surprising backers -- throughout the country. The book, South Africa: The Solution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa 306 Solutions to a Baffling Problem | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

The supply of these ditties is endless. For any masochists yearning for repeat performances, show up at Mather's low rise at 7:30 any morning. I'll be maliciously singing over the grinding howl of my trusty battering-ram vacuum cleaner--rise and shine, folks, it's a musical...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Musical Madness | 3/4/1987 | See Source »

Still, his art was not lost on the relatively inexperienced sailors of Kookaburra III. "They thrashed us with a better boat," said Rick Goodrich, a Queensland cowboy grinding his first winch. And with more than just the boat. Starting Helmsman Peter Gilmour, who jockeyed for Murray in the pre-race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fremantle Says Good on Yer, Mates | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

The initial impetus for the research came from a rather oblique direction. UCSD Biochemist Marlene DeLuca has been investigating for 20 years how the firefly protein -- in this case, an enzyme called luciferase -- produces light. But the process of collecting and grinding up fireflies to extract the enzyme was laborious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Of Fireflies and Tobacco Plants | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

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