Word: land
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...principle that does not change: TIME is above all a newsmagazine. as Luce and Hadden understood from the beginning, news is much more than what appears on the front page. a president's decision is, of course, news, as is an earthquake or a coup in a distant land. but news is also an advance in medicine, a success (or a failure) in business, a controversy over a movie. News is an environmental trend, a cultural happening, a book that tells a story never told before, an idea seldom so well expressed...
...soldiers home and institute long-promised independence for Namibia. But an agreement on the terms, expected next week in the Congolese capital of Brazzaville, will bring no peace to Angola, whose people have known nothing but war for 27 years. The departing foreigners will leave behind a land glutted with weapons and a Marxist government still at war with the 60,000 homegrown rebels known as UNITA...
...many buildings are pockmarked by shellfire and bullets. At a health center, one-legged children push themselves on wooden trolleys while waiting for fresh supplies of artificial limbs. Most became amputees the same way as Fernando Segunda, 16: his right leg was blown off when he stepped on a land mine...
...Travel section, contributor Pico Iyer takes you to Thailand, the "Land of Smiles" as well as this year's hottest new tourist destination. Iyer spent several weeks exploring the Asian jewel, from the cool allure of the hill town of Chiangmai to the seaside resort of Pattaya to the thriving capital of Bangkok...
...stock, including a 10% stake in Texaco. The crash cut his personal fortune from an estimated $1.1 billion in mid-1987 to $400 million now. Lately, instead of stalking giant corporations on several continents, the Perth-based investor has been making far more modest acquisitions, such as sheep ranches, land for an industrial park and paintings for his private collection...