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While the debate continued, eight Western governments (plus Japan and Iran) met in Brussels and agreed to put up at least $70 million to rescue the Zaïrian government of President Mobutu Sese Seko from bankruptcy during the next three months under a stringent formula that British Foreign Secretary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: It's Carter vs. Castro | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

Down at our level, we have some pretty fancy electronic gear too. There's SOTAS-stand-off target acquisition systems-which use moving target radar to tell us exactly where enemy troops are massing. And REMBASS, which stands for remotely monitored battlefield sensor system. It uses acoustic and seismic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: UPDATING WILLIE AND JOE | 5/23/1977 | See Source »

While NATO, with about twice the industrial and 1½ times the manpower base of the Warsaw Pact, maintains an undeniable advantage in its ability to slug through a lengthy war, its only substantial quantitative edge in combat-ready power in Europe is its 2-to-l superiority in tactical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: Still Strong Enough to Block a Blitz? | 12/13/1976 | See Source »

Meanwhile, England's General John Burgoyne, with 8,000 British regulars and Hessians, as well as swarms of Indians, is massing troops at St. John's for a march into New York. On the once promising northern front, the only hopeful sign this week was the sound of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Goodbye to the 14th Colony | 7/4/1976 | See Source »

Part 1 unfurls to the ominous tattoo of unaccompanied drums. Six Scots clans and one all-girl Canadian regiment strut forth for a radiant massing of the colors. Rouben Ter-Arutunian's kilts are ravishing in their tartan greens, blues, yellows, scarlets and burgundies. At first the clans, led...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Flotilla of Fun | 5/24/1976 | See Source »

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