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Meanwhile, two parallel complaints, one by a group of lawyers representing more than 120 separate lawsuits and another by the Indian government, were filed last week in U.S. district court in New York City. Union Carbide asked the court to bar the cases from the U.S., where damage awards are typically higher than in India. A day after the Bhopal anniversary, a replay of the tragedy occurred when a cloud of gaseous sulfuric acid blanketed parts of Delhi, killing one man. The source: a corroded storage tank at an Indian-owned fertilizer plant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: Anniversary of a Tragedy | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

...only novel which uses the interplay between past and present and between the diverse elements of Mexican culture. Fuentes' first novel "Where the Air is Clear" (1958) is a mythical history of Mexico City. In this novel Mexico's mythical past of rituals and sacrifices appears parallel with the present. In "The Death of Artemio Cruz" (1962), the story is narrated by the revolutionary turned opportunist of the book's title as he lies on his death bed. The story is told by multiple voices with a constantly shifting narrative and chronological viewpoint...

Author: By Inigo L. Garcia, | Title: Fuentes: Transcending Barriers | 12/9/1985 | See Source »

...Dead, it need hardly be said, are a musical phenomenon without parallel in American society. A '60s band that plays to packed houses of kids often half their age, The Dead are more than a musical anomaly. For many fans, they are a way of life...

Author: By Adam Schwartz, | Title: Night of Living | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

...contrast, we spend hundreds of billions in defensive and offensive weapons every year. The USSR is our stated enemy. South Africa is not, though it should be. Our foreign policies reflect this difference quite clearly, whether or not the Salient acknowledges the fact, and there is no divestment parallel that can be drawn with integrity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reductio Ad Absurdam | 11/13/1985 | See Source »

...bills and shrinking rents. These shared threats induce the mood of solidarity fondly guyed by Noel Coward decades ago: "Though if the Van Dycks have to go/ And we pawn the Bechstein Grand,/ We'll stand/ By the Stately Homes of England." As one should, for there is no parallel to the stubborn integrity of their collections among the stripped and much-looted palaces across the Channel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Brideshead Redecorated | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

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