Word: orderers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mostly, though, the job entails just plain hard work. Each week Garcia, Golon, Thigpen receive a flood of invitations to celebrity-packed events, most of which they are forced to skip in order to meet their deadlines. Beginning early in the week, the trio pores over story suggestions from TIME's foreign and domestic bureaus, as well as stacks of newspapers and publications, picking out the dozen or so timeliest and most colorful items. Says Writer Garcia: "At this point, we pretty much know a People item when we see one. Generally, it's going to be a snappy story...
...chagrined that you could have let matters come to such a pass. Since I will certainly attend Harvard Commencements in the future in order to see friends graduate, I hope I can look forward to hearing a better calibre of speechmaking. Cyrus M. Sanai...
When people make the Goetz case a referendum on race, they are forced into defending vigilantism for all in order to oppose racism. Opposition to the Goetz verdict is reminiscent of the challenge presented to the death penalty which was struck down in a recent Supreme Court decision. The NAACP challenged the death penalty on the grounds that Blacks were more likely to be sentenced to execution than whites. The challenge stood for the principle of equality with respect to race, but in this case that meant non-discriminatory use of the death penalty...
...North and Rear Admiral John Poindexter, the former National Security Adviser. Poindexter is scheduled to appear on July 7 and North later in the month. The committees' investigators have been grilling Poindexter in secret sessions without any of the legislators present, an arrangement the chairmen apparently agreed to in order to prevent leaks. But there was an understanding that if Poindexter produced any bombshells, such as having briefed Reagan on the diversion, the chairmen would be promptly notified. So far, Poindexter's inquisitors have been silent -- an auspicious signal for the President...
...Managua, gasoline lines stretched for blocks last week as drivers rushed to service stations before the pumps ran dry. The panic buying followed an order by the Marxist-oriented Sandinista government that nearly tripled gas prices and sent the cost of basic goods soaring. Managua acted after announcing three weeks ago that the Soviet Union, which provides virtually all of Nicaragua's oil directly or through Eastern Europe, could supply only 40% of the country's petroleum needs. The Soviets have been surprisingly candid about their aims. Said a high-ranking Mexican official after meeting Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze...