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Instead, the incident must be seen for what it was, a blatantly anti-Semitic act. We must not let the Shiite terrorists succeed in weakening relations between the U.S. and Israel, its most faithful ally in the region and possibly in the world. Despite common knowledge that the 766 Shiite...

Author: By Joseph F Kahn, | Title: Unite and Conquer | 6/28/1985 | See Source »

In particular, Reagan defended the elimination of deductions for state and local taxes. "Some state governments outside Oklahoma have not yet learned to say no to special interest groups and higher taxes," Reagan told a group in Oklahoma City. Critics contend that he is pitting high-tax states against others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going for It | 6/17/1985 | See Source »

By sustaining the controversy and heightening the tension, Sovern has protracted a drama which draws intense press coverage. The media remains fascinated by the judicial battle, a contest pitting rebel students against the "Establishment" and prominent First Amendment attorneys against each other. Sovern should have foreseen the possibility of television...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Columbia Out of Control... ...But Too Much at Harvard | 4/18/1985 | See Source »

Excimer lasers, which use a different kind of chemical reaction, produce beams of short wavelengths that could destroy a missile by focusing on it for only a second or so. But the generating apparatus is so bulky that it could not be lifted into orbit; the laser stations would have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exploring the High-Tech Frontier | 3/11/1985 | See Source »

Already the mounting death toll, now estimated at 1,000, has confirmed the fear that the assassination would unleash a new round of ethnic violence. In a land where communal ties run deep, the pitting of one group against another can be potentially explosive "Communal madness," Gandhi's son and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Keeping the Balance | 11/7/1984 | See Source »

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