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Despite the repeated charges leveled at Washington and Peking, the most serious threat to Viet Nam's stability probably comes from its own imperial ambitions. It may be a properly ironic punishment that Viet Nam finds itself bogged down in Cambodia fighting a war against grimly determined guerrillas. Indeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIET NAM: A Dubious Communist Victory | 6/2/1980 | See Source »

Concern about East-West ties was also the reason for worldwide interest in the Muskie-Gromyko meeting in Vienna, the first Cabinet-level talks between Washington and Moscow since the Afghanistan invasion last December. Accompanied only by their interpreters, the two ministers talked for three hours-an hour longer than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Now a Peace Offensive | 5/26/1980 | See Source »

The origin of this type of massage can be traced back to the courts of the Chinese Empire. Humes explains. For centuries the technique was ignored, recorded only in the ancient diaries of Imperial court physicians, Humes says.

Author: By Esme C. Murphy, | Title: River St. Group Runs Massage Clinic | 5/23/1980 | See Source »

In many ways the new film is a better film than Star Wars, visually more exciting, more artful and meticulous in detail. As a special effects wizard, Lucas fairly dazzles the eye with his optical magic. In one scene, for instance, the walking tanks are impervious to ordinary weapons, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Empire Strikes Back! | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

Following the example of Lucas, who picked him to direct the new film, Kershner, 57, drives the action at something approaching hyperspeed. At times he goes too fast. The Empire moves so quickly through its two hours that some of the plot lines blur. In the city in the clouds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Empire Strikes Back! | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

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