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To mark the occasion, Arafat's followers in southern Lebanon launched a series of rocket attacks and a small guerrilla operation against northern Israel. In response, Israeli planes staged strikes against P.L.O. positions in Lebanon. The Israelis were also engaged in a heated debate last week, with Defense Minister Yitzhak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Show of Unity | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

Before Gorbachev's arrival, there had been speculation that the Soviet leader would use the visit as an occasion to announce the withdrawal of some of the 80,000 Soviet troops in the country. Gorbachev, however, said nothing about pulling out any of the five divisions Moscow has stationed there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Czechoslovakia: Smiling Mike Wows 'Em in Prague | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

This year's Passover in Israel, however, will not be a totally festive occasion, for the country's mood is one of anxiety and uncertainty rather than hope and promise. Israel's national spirit is sagging under the weight of a succession of embarrassing scandals. These include the Shin Bet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel Sagging Spirits | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

THE DIFFERENCE is not merely administrative; economically and culturally, Central Square plays Mexico to Harvard Square's United States. The major industry is subway construction, and those who do not labor in the bowels of the earth must chase the total dollars brought in by slumming Harvard Square Yuppies. All...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: Taking the Town | 4/18/1987 | See Source »

Though whites are excitedly gearing up for national elections on May 6, the occasion has prompted only yawns from the black majority of South Africans. Since they are not allowed to vote, the Sowetan, the country's largest black daily, published in the Johannesburg suburb of Soweto, decided to hold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: The Majority Finds a Way | 4/13/1987 | See Source »

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