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...response, the Soviet leadership is all the more determined not to give up any part of what will doubtless be remembered as Brezhnev's most lasting legacy, an unprecedented defense buildup that has, for the first time, put the Soviet Union roughly on a par with the U.S. militarily. Some Americans, including Reagan, argue that the Soviets under Brezhnev actually achieved a position of strategic superiority that seriously threatens the U.S. in the years ahead. Still, many specialists in the U.S. and Western Europe believe that the transfer of power in the Kremlin presents an opportunity to relieve tensions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Soviets: Changing the Guard | 11/22/1982 | See Source »

...single flaw spoils the film--the character actors perform up to par, the French countryside is breathtaking, and Marie's development proceeds with innocuous charm. Yet Morreau gets so caught up in every little detail of Marie's summer experience that her film begins itself to seem a little adolescent...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: Pretty . . . Baby? | 11/20/1982 | See Source »

Harvard All-Ivy setter Margaret Change "did an exceptional job of setting." Altman said Like the rest of the squad. Change had been performing sub par Margaret touches every single ball." Altman said. "So when her play improves, everyone is better. In most sports, when one thing snaps into place, everything does...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: Spikers Nab Second in Tourney | 10/18/1982 | See Source »

Bobby Clampett, 22, fired a five-under-par 65 yesterday to share the lead with Lance Ten Broeck after the first round of the $250,000 Southern Open Golf Tournament in Columbus, Georgia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 9/24/1982 | See Source »

...Harnett was one of the new breed of conservative Congressmen swept into office in the Reagan triumph of 1980. Once a Democrat, the South Carolinian switched par ties after George McGovern's nomination in 1972, and he carries with him some of the fervor of the convert. Though he helped Reagan win his budget battles last year, he was put in an agonizing predicament by the tax bill. "I'm philosophically opposed," drawled Hartnett the day before the vote. "You don't cut Government by giving it more money. You've got to starve the bureaucrats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How One Vote Was Won | 8/30/1982 | See Source »

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