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...reads, and her bookcase shows some Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson. In deference to modernity, she even does some sociology. Then when a member of my obsessive sex who simple-heartedly looks to the Business School Via economics seeks to make headway with her, she starts educating him--needless to say, a lifelong process...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: The Man Who Wasn't There | 6/9/1983 | See Source »

...Needless to say, past American attempts to write the history of other nations has proved disastrous. From Cuba to El Salvador to Iran, the public record shows that Washington's ability to gauge the "popular will" of its sister nations is less than prophetic. Even if accuracy were not an issue, under what circumstances can the United States claim the right to plot against a national government? The answer can only by none. To argue otherwise is to make tangential U.S. security interests superior to the direct concerns of a country's inhabitants. While the United States may conceivably...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: A Matter of Course | 6/8/1983 | See Source »

...Soviet ocean buoy obtained by American intelligence agencies through unspecified means, they were not surprised at what they found. The printed circuit boards inside the buoy, which was designed to help track U.S. submarines, were pin-for-pin compatible with those produced by Texas Instruments Inc. of Dallas. T.I., needless to say, had not sold them to Moscow or indeed to any Communist bloc enterprises. Similarly, the Soviets feigned innocence a year ago, when they tried to buy sophisticated U.S. equipment that tests the strength of concrete, claiming that they needed it to check out their bridges and apartment buildings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Some of Our Chips Are Missing | 3/14/1983 | See Source »

...engage in pedophilia, but I do believe children should have a say in the issue. By taking the position that sex for youngsters cannot be anything but traumatizing, the adults in American society force the child to feel needless guilt and greatly restrict his sexual expression. It is time we treated children as complete human beings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 7, 1983 | 2/7/1983 | See Source »

...more, but they give some 250 TV station news crews speed and mobility, and serve as remote transmitters for pictures ranging from traffic to catastrophes. But the ratings race can tempt copter reporters to chase sensation, making aerial derring-do part of the story, and to take needless risks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Pilot Error? | 12/27/1982 | See Source »

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