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...secession from India, and vowed to fight back. He declared, "We shall begin a massive civil disobedience program at all levels of life here, but it will remain non violent." Mrs. Gandhi's latest show of strength is unlikely to damage seriously her standing among the 83% Hindu ma jority of India's 746 million population...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: Show off Force | 7/16/1984 | See Source »

...talks. Although Peres has hinted in the past that he might be willing to give up some West Bank land in exchange for peace, he has avoided directly addressing the question in the current campaign. Israelis are almost evenly divided on the subject. A poll published last month in Ma'ariv, a Tel Aviv newspaper, showed that while 43% backed a peace agreement in which Jordan conceded some West Bank territory, 41% were opposed to giving up any land whatsoever. "Those who call themselves Palestinian Arabs should be grateful that we permit them to live in our homeland," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Next for Israel? | 7/9/1984 | See Source »

...their own oil through the besieged gulf, the Iraqis are desperate to find an alternative route that will allow them to replenish their war-drained treasury. It was learned last week that a suggestion had come from an unexpected source: the Israelis. In an interview with the Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv, Prime Yitzhak Shamir revealed that offered to let Iraq pump its oil through long-unused pipeline, built in the 1930s, stretches from Baghdad to the Israeli port of Haifa. Iraq, which does not recognize Israel, rejected the invitation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: Pushing the Saudis Too Far | 6/18/1984 | See Source »

...much of A T & T's long-distance business can the new companies capture? Competitors predict that they could get 20% to 30%. The more likely share will be no more than 10% during the next year or two. Many consumers are as comfortable with their Ma Bell as they were with their Ma, and they will be slow to change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Long-Distance Runners | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

...five centuries the perceptive heads of the Spencer family have married women of surpassing beauty, and the daughters they begat relegated Cleopatra to eclipse," gushed Professor Stanley Alstead during his presentation speech. After the ceremony, an admiring young Glaswegian, appropriately named Edward Romeo, begged permission to "kiss your hand, Ma'am." His passion released, he murmured glassy-eyed, "She is more beautiful than Cleopatra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 28, 1984 | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

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