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...wish to inform you that the delegations have reached an agreement on the agenda." With those words, Israeli Foreign Ministry Spokesman Avi Pazner announced the first hint of progress in the 2½-week-old peace talks between Israel and Lebanon. All it meant was that the two sides had at last agreed on what they are willing to talk to each other about. But in a season when diplomatic progress on the problems of the Middle East has been practically nonexistent, it represented a modest advance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: A Pinch of Progress | 1/24/1983 | See Source »

...largest possible audience and thus face a self-imposed pressure to give their stories emotional impact. The Institute for Applied Economics, a business advocacy group based in New York City, reviewed 491 hours of network news aired between July 1981 and June 1982. It found that "stories selected to inform the public on the nature of Reaganomics were typically human interest interviews with victims of recession," and cited 37 examples...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: The Dismal Science Hits a Nerve | 1/24/1983 | See Source »

...wish to inform you that the delegations have reached an agreement on the agenda...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Israelis and Lebanese Break Mideast Deadlock | 1/14/1983 | See Source »

...London his Sun was the first daily to display a woman's bare breasts. Yet included among 100 other newspapers he owns around the world are the upper-brow Australian and the London Times. Says Murdoch: "The role of a newspaper is to inform, but in such a way that people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Not Exactly the Proper Bostonian | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

...homosexual partners over 18, but there is little question that the idea was gay-inspired. To qualify for the benefits, couples unrelated by blood or marriage pay a $23 filing fee, then swear that they "share the common necessaries of life." If the relationship breaks up, a person must inform the city and wait six months before claiming a new partner. Mayor Dianne Feinstein has not yet signed the legislation, but since it passed by an 8-to-3 vote, her veto would probably be overriden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: And Now, Gay Family Rights? | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

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