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...toward Solidarity could pose risks for the country. Warsaw can ill afford a new clash with opposition forces at a time when Western nations have indicated a willingness to aid the floundering Polish economy in exchange for improvements in human rights. Jaruzelski is especially eager for the U.S. to lift economic sanctions that include suspension of Poland's most-favored-nation status and bans on all trade credits and transfers of new American technology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland Out of Hiding | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

...seemingly endless array of odd and eerie statements (samples: "Much of the time my head seems to hurt all over"; "My soul sometimes leaves my body"; "In walking, I am very careful to step over sidewalk cracks"). Now, at age 44, the archetypal test is getting a face-lift. "This revision is long overdue," says Kent State Psychologist John Graham, one of four professors who have been working on the test for four years. "We psychologists have been less than responsible in letting it go so long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Face-Lift for a Famous Test | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

This year, Sharon Landau appears to be Katsias' heir apparent as the Crimson's shining rookie. And yesterday, Katsias and Landau combined their considerable talents to lift the Crimson to a 2-1 overtime victory over Northeastern in front of 30 spectators at Soldiers Field...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Stickwomen Nudge Northeastern in OT | 9/25/1986 | See Source »

...Given all the problems we inherited, I think we should be appreciated for being able to do all that we have done. People forget so easily. They think that getting rid of Marcos was something that came naturally, as if it came down from heaven without our having to lift a finger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Interview with Corazon Aquino | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

...change, the mood at the Kennedy Space Center was upbeat last Friday as a ; Delta rocket carrying a secret military payload for the Star Wars space defense program lifted off flawlessly at 11:08 a.m. "We feel we are back in the groove," said NASA's Delta project manager William Russell. The flight was Delta's first since a rocket was destroyed after lift-off in May. And it was only the second successful major U.S. launch of any kind in six attempts, starting with January's space shuttle Challenger disaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cape Canaveral: Nasa Finally Wins One | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

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