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For eight days the President had remained largely secluded in the White House, trying every weapon and maneuver he could imagine to resolve this most dangerous and infuriating crisis of his presidency. Most infuriating because the mightiest power on earth found itself engaged in a test of will with an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran: The Test of Wills | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

Responding angrily to the worldwide clamor, the Heng Samrin government has condemned the international aid offers as a "maneuver by the imperialists and international reactionaries" to assist the Khmer Rouge insurgents. Justifying its refusal to allow relief supplies to be brought in by truck, the government claimed that the port...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deathwatch: Cambodia | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

But the Cambodian government refused over the weekend to accept American aid in any form, calling it a "maneuver by the imperialists and international reactionaries" to assist the forces of Pol Pot, which continue to resist the Vietnamese. Cambodia said it was receiving all the help it needs from Vietnam...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambodia's Plight | 10/30/1979 | See Source »

But that was only one of a pride of U.S. military maneuvers round the world last week. At Grafenwohr, West Germany, a U.S. tank battalion roared into combat exercises after having been flown in from Fort Hood, Texas, on a "no notice" emergency drill. At Florida's Eglin Air Force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Price of Power | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

Many of those who were swept into office by the professional tactics developed in recent years, says Eisenhower, come to Washington with "the assumption that they don't dare be truthful" about the great questions facing the nation. The presidential selection process of dozens of state primaries preceding the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: The Last of the Eisenhowers | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

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