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The worst outcome for the U.S. in Nicaragua would be that the contras would wither away as more and more rebels accepted a Sandinista amnesty, and that the Sandinistas would then repeal the few steps they have taken toward democracy. The U.S. would thus be left to deal with a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America Captain Ahab vs. Moby Dick | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

The hijacking seemed to be the latest attempt by the N.P.A. to wrest the strategic region from President Corazon Aquino's government, which was shaken and nearly toppled on Aug. 28 by a violent military mutiny. In the past four weeks alone, the Communist rebels have dynamited four bridges and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines Rebels Left and Right | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

What happened in the Senate Caucus Room last week was a sort of drama of the moral settlement of America. First there was the frontier, the wild places where savages roamed and life was dangerous and action was survival. The pioneer, the early cowboy, the vigilante all kept guns loaded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Charging Up Capitol Hill | 7/20/1987 | See Source »

Even before the White House statement, charges had been flying throughout Central America that the U.S. was once again working to stymie the convoluted regional peace process. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra, whose Sandinista government is fighting off the attacks of U.S.-supported contra rebels, accused the U.S. of a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America Potholes on the Road to Peace | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

Maybe because it was shot in England instead of the Philippines, Full Metal Jacket is clothed not in the lush tropical colors of other Viet Nam films but in the desaturated green-gray of a war zone as it would appear on the 6 o'clock news. Hue might be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Welcome To Viet Nam, the Movie: II FULL METAL JACKET | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

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