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Ailing American Motors is looking to cut a deal with a competitor. AMC said last week that the company was negotiating to build Chrysler's full-size Fifth Avenue, plus its Dodge Diplomat and Plymouth Gran Fury models. The proposed pact could help Chrysler as well as enable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: The Amc Chrysler | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

...holy shrine was a humiliating defeat for the extremists. Said Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi: "We will not allow the voice of fanaticism to be raised and will make every effort to stop such fanatics from disintegrating the nation." The operation marked a political victory for Gandhi, who negotiated a pact with moderate Sikhs in July 1985 and urged them to crack down on their militant brethren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Deliverance | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

...message that Gorbachev brought with him, though, was not really one of smiles and kisses. His visit was aimed at quietly strengthening Moscow's hold on its Warsaw Pact allies. From Poland to Hungary, Eastern Europe is being summoned to join a Soviet-led drive to prevent the bloc's economies from falling even more hopelessly behind those of the West. In a 40-minute speech to the 2,600 delegates in East Berlin's modernistic Palace of the Republic, Gorbachev called on his allies to meet the challenge of swift economic and technological change by moving toward close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eastern Europe Communism's Old Men | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

...East bloc into the computer age over the next 15 years through 93 research projects in electronics, biotechnology and automation. All these policies, which often in reality amount to nothing less than recruiting East European help for the faltering Soviet economy, have increased the dependence of other Warsaw Pact countries on the U.S.S.R...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eastern Europe Communism's Old Men | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

...Soviets have previously said they were prepared to scrap the Warsaw Pact if the West dissolved the NATO military alliance. The offers have been viewed with skepticism in the West...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gorbachev Calls for Alliances to Disband | 4/22/1986 | See Source »

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