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The predictions of Nostradamus, whose significance is decidedly in the eye of the beholder, are to astrology as The Book of Revelation is to theology: they tend to be rediscovered during turbulent historical eras?such as now, when many Western Europeans are worried about faltering economies and superpower conflict. Among...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doomsayer from the Past | 9/7/1981 | See Source »

His forward manner betrays a touch of bluster, but Hamlin's combination of complete honesty and friendliness precludes any arrogance. You get a pleasant glow after talking with him, regardless of whether you agree with him on politics (as the conservative club's vice president, he burned a Soviet flag...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Making It With Pride | 6/4/1981 | See Source »

For the time being, both the Syrian and the Israelis held their fire. Israel was reported to be massing forces along its northern border with Lebanon and even within the "Free Lebanon" enclave south of the Litani River that is under the control of Major Sa'ad Haddad, a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Delay with Diplomacy | 5/18/1981 | See Source »

Most of the demands for Binaisa's resignation involve charges that he has done little or nothing to root out entrenched government corruption. Last month Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, whose troops did most of the fighting in the war against Amin, dispatched his Foreign Minister, Ben Mkapa, to Kampala...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UGANDA: Like the Wild, Wild West | 3/31/1980 | See Source »

Afghan Pushtuns condemn the oppression of their siblings in Pakistan, and this sentiment has long curdled relations with that state. But now we and the Pakistanis have become fast, friends. Thousands of Afghans are massing inside the Pakistani border. Here and There ejaculates, "The Afghans are a very sociable people...

Author: By Mark R. Anspach, | Title: Welcome to Sunni Afghanistan | 3/5/1980 | See Source »

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