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...recent years; both are lawyers with corporate experience. Neither would dismantle Canada's existing social welfare program, but both want to cut government deficits and unemployment and increase foreign investment. After calling last week on his countrymen to "reach for the stars in a land that has no horizon," Turner promised to promote his country as best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: New Leader for the Liberals | 6/25/1984 | See Source »

When we left the next day, an Iranian tugboat followed us for 50 miles. The fully loaded ship rode low on the sea. On deck, the captain and a few officers were silent and unsmiling as they searched the horizon with binoculars. "I know if anything happens, there will be panic among the crew," Captain Chu Ching said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tense Trip to Kharg | 6/18/1984 | See Source »

...Nineteen ninety-two will be the 500th anniversary of one of the most important happenings in human history: the arrival in America of the three Castilian caravels chartered by my ancestors, the Catholic monarchs, and commanded by Christopher Columbus. It is not so much a historic commemoration as a horizon on which together we must fix our sights. Nobody can deny that there are enormous and highly complex problems in Hispanic America. But there are new leaders today who are determined to tackle the most intractable of them. An example of an important achievement in this respect is the restoration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Words of Hope and Warning | 6/18/1984 | See Source »

...first freshmen are fond of the expression "curvature of the earth" to describe their margin of victory. And while all the Harvard boats would like to see the competition on the horizon. Beall boils the Sprints down simply to "racing as fast as you can when the guy says...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Oarsmen Out for Revenge at Sprints | 5/11/1984 | See Source »

...born Salazar stood alone as the world's best distance runner. He held the American record in the 5,000-and 10,000-meter runs, and had the world's fastest time in the marathon, in which he was undefeated. An Olympic gold medal glistered on the horizon. Then last year, Salazar began to run down and out. His inner fire seemed to have become self-destructive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Salazar's Marathon Ordeal | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

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