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The day seemed more like a fiesta than a state occasion, a jubilant celebration with blue skies and sunny faces. As platoons of schoolchildren paraded through the streets waving tiny blue-and-white Salvadoran flags, vendors sliced tangy strips of green papaya for hungry onlookers. The sizzle of hot dogs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America: Starting a New Chapter | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

At noon, activity throughout the country stopped for two minutes. People at office windows, on the street or in buses waved white handkerchiefs. Car horns blared, church bells pealed, and radio and television stations broadcast the national anthem. In downtown Bogota, more than 10,000 people gathered in silence as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colombia: Making Peace with Guerrillas | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

A lifetime interest of mine has been the exploration of learning styles. What has always fascinated me is the heterogeneity of people who gather here each September with their diverse personal and intellectual styles and how some Junes later they graduate with a common understanding. While each has his own...

Author: By Dean K. Whitla, | Title: Learning how to learn | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

Others say that on occasion "Nightline" has an additional problem as well. "Sometimes they touch too many bases," Royko says. "They shouldn't beat a dull story to death." And Dershowitz adds, "there's not a major event every day that warrants coverage on 'Nightline'."

Author: By Richard J. Appel, | Title: The ABC's of Ted Koppel's 'Nightline' | 6/6/1984 | See Source »

Any Joe Dante movie is a lot like the now vicious, now mischievous gremlins. He adroitly makes his characters seem to aim straight for the jugular, then along the way, find something more diverting to do with all that energy. Whenever the occasion permits, Dante loves to undercut the visceral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Creature Comforts and Discomforts | 6/4/1984 | See Source »

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