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...will inspect beef cattle and beauty queens and shout to everyone that "I am proud of being a politician!" He will tell his audiences that he is sick and tired of hearing that professional politicians are not worthy of trust, that he is fed up with amateurism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Proud of Being a Politician | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

...inspect their reactors for any flaws in design or construction that might be similar to those at Three Mile Island...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Nixing Nukes | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

...Zambian border. There had been no infiltration by guerrillas, no injuries, no abductions, no heavy penetration by the army. He ran the school as he had for a peaceful decade. But then "surveyors" of Joshua Nkomo's Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) arrived to inspect the area. They were followed by assassination squads and finally soldiers in units of 80 to 100. In two months they controlled the district completely. The school was closed down, along with transport services and business centers. Soon, the killing started...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Whoever Says We're Safe Lies | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

...declared candidate for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, he may have wanted to acquire some credentials on international matters. He did meet with the leaders of Ken ya and Liberia and was planning to go to Tan zania. The trip also gave Brown a chance to inspect environmental protection programs, something he passionately supports. At one visit to a United Nations project, he saw a map showing that the danger of arable land turning into desert is greater in California than in Kenya. He stuffed the map into his pocket and later remarked: "I had to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Making the African Scene | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

...Department spokesmen asserted that all of the sensitive monitoring equipment had been removed or destroyed before the base was taken over, the episode raised new doubts about the security of the 77 advanced F-14 fighters that the U.S. has supplied to Iran. No American has been allowed to inspect them for three weeks, in part because the Iranians fear an attempt to destroy the equipment to prevent any possibility of its falling into Soviet hands. But the Carter Administration privately admits that there is little it can do to safeguard the planes. "They are entirely in the hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Khomeini's Kingdom Qum | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

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