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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Aid donors have begun considering military protection to help deliver food. Agencies argue that helicopter gunships, armored cars and communications equipment are needed to run rebel blockades. So far, however, no Western nation has agreed to provide weapons or materiel. The U.S. position is complicated by a split between the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mozambique Agony on the African Coast | 2/1/1988 | See Source »

More recently, attention has focused on blacks' supposedly longer lower legs and skinnier calves, which are said to give blacks an advantage over whites in jumping and sprinting. Most evolutionists dismiss attempts to link race and individual excellence as silly. "The differences between the races are very small," says Harvard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Of Mandingo and Jimmy the Greek | 2/1/1988 | See Source »

Left-wing populism stresses economic resentments. For Jesse Jackson, such sentiments come naturally. He decries the "economic violence" imposed on workers and small farmers by what he considers a corporate plutocracy. Right- wing populism reflects cultural alienation, the sense that liberal elitists have forced their social views on a more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing Populist Chords | 2/1/1988 | See Source »

The biggest front-loading rebellion for 1988 occurred in the South, where Tory Democrats have suffered terminal frustration over the liberal influence of Iowa and New Hampshire. They conspired to construct Super Tuesday, March 8, when 14 Southern and Border states will choose a fourth of the Democratic (and nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oh, What A Screwy System | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

The Democratic contest is more volatile, and not merely because 69% nationally feel they might change choices. Gary Hart's lead is too puny to make him a strong front runner, given his liabilities. Both nationally and in Iowa, 40% of Democratic voters say they have a "generally unfavorable" impression...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: With Minds of Their Own | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

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