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The royal family, meanwhile, can do little except schedule their usual tours and hope for less capricious coverage: this month the Queen and Philip in the New World; next month Charles, Diana and Baby William in Australia and New Zealand; Anne in Pakistan in May, where she will visit a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Royalty vs. the Pursuing Press: In Stalking Diana, Fleet Street Strains the Rules | 2/28/1983 | See Source »

Even while banks and industry have been losing their enthusiasm for the Chinese market--following Chinese cancellation of construction contracts with both the U.S. and Japan--the ranks of Real-polltakers believing in China's military importance have grown. These are the men who speak of the Strategic Triangle and...

Author: By Douglas S. Selin, | Title: The China Hype | 2/14/1983 | See Source »

Still, with a landmass of 8.6 million sq. mi. and a population of 271 million, the Soviet Union would present logistical problems for even the most efficient police organization. The KGB manages to sustain the illusion of being all-powerful largely because Soviet citizens police one another. Schoolchildren are taught...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The KGB: Eyes of the Kremlin | 2/14/1983 | See Source »

It would be pure illusion to suppose that Merlin is just a genial magic show that can get by on the razzle of its star and the dazzle of its effects. The musical is said to require a weekly gross of $275,000 merely to break even, a statistic that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is It a Magic Show or a Fire? | 2/7/1983 | See Source »

Hardly anyone in Washington entertains the illusion that Congress will be satisfied with so minor a reduction. The legislators are certain to ax far more than $8 billion from military outlays and to demand that arms purchases share in the slashes. Almost everyone on Capitol Hill seems to have a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down with the Deficits | 1/24/1983 | See Source »

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