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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tell us, he faces a most disquieting question: Were all his earlier journalistic tours de force fed to him indirectly by the Russkies? Was his CIA expose planted by Soviet spies? Was his much-heralded interview with a North Vietnamese guerilla leader a set-up? Has he been an instrument of Soviet perfidy...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Don't Touch That Story--It's Unpatriotic | 9/10/1980 | See Source »

...tell us, he faces a most disquieting question: Were all his earlier journalistic tours de force fed to him indirectly by the Russkies? Was his CIA expose planted by Soviet spies? Was his much-heralded interview with a North Vietnamese guerilla leader a set-up? Has he been an instrument of Soviet perfidy...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Don't Touch That Story--It's Unpatriotic | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

...current generation of American small cars is vastly superior to the Ford Pinto and the Chevrolet Vega. The American public now views the car as they should have years and years ago: as an instrument to get you from one place to another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: In the Drivers' Seats | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

...part, Israel responded with an anger that was directed at the U.S. as well as the U.N. A foreign ministry statement said that Israel "categorically rejects the resolution," which it termed not only unjust but further "proof that the U.N. has been turned into an instrument of Israel's enemies." Then Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir summoned U.S. Ambassador Samuel Lewis to express Israel's "disappointment" over U.S. failure to veto the resolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LEBANON: A Dangerous Vulnerability | 9/1/1980 | See Source »

...determine if the Red Planet harbors life. After going into Martian orbit ten months later, the mated spacecraft split apart. Their spider-legged landers touched down on the surface, while the orbiters continued patrolling overhead, mapping the planet with their cameras and acting as relay stations for the instrument packages below...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Farewell to the Red Planet | 8/18/1980 | See Source »

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