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Theoretically, the Administration was correct to hew a neutral line between Iran and Iraq, but changing circumstances call for a defter touch than the U.S. has displayed thus far. Says Richard Helms, a former U.S. Ambassador to Iran (and onetime head of the Central Intelligence Agency): "Now is the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Khomeini: A Quest for Vengeance | 7/26/1982 | See Source »

Schlafly and her supporters celebrated at a balloon-festooned Over-the-Rainbow party, where the 1,400 guests pledged allegiance to the flag and listened to some 30 victory speeches. Said Conservative Digest Editor John Lofton: "I salute you fellows for doing to the ERA what Menachem Begin is doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Killed Equal Rights? | 7/12/1982 | See Source »

Often Bechtel's blue-ribbon executives are in a position to provide insights and spot opportunities that give the company a jump on its competitors. For example, last week Company Chairman Stephen Bechtel Jr. recalled that ex-CIA Chief Richard Helms, a Bechtel consultant, was able to help it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Master Builders from Bechtel | 7/12/1982 | See Source »

Republican Robert Dole of Kansas helped fashion a compromise that preserved the effect test but warded off fears of racial quotas. Under Dole's standard, judges must weigh the "totality of circumstances," including whether an area has a history of discrimination. He also suggested that the law specifically state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Talk Show | 6/28/1982 | See Source »

But Helms can count votes, and in the end the growing impatience of fellow Republicans finally persuaded him to cancel his talk show. Helms, however, can look forward to heated debates on two of his pet bills scheduled to come before the Senate this summer: a proposed law to allow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Talk Show | 6/28/1982 | See Source »

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