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Indeed, it seems likely that the pivotal figure in this year's battle of the budget will be not the President but the Secretary of Defense. It was Weinberger who persuaded Reagan to reject pleas that the Administration pare its military-spending requests sharply before presenting them to Congress. Consequently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cap on a Hot Tin Roof | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

Women have had access to the Pill for nearly 30 years, and many now unabashedly woo reluctant dates with phone calls and American Express gold cards. But they are still not sure what to make of sex. On the one hand, they want the freedom to express their sexual needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Finding Trouble in Paradise | 1/28/1985 | See Source »

The federal presence has not stemmed the antiabortion violence. There were three bomb or arson attacks on abortion facilities in 1982, two in 1983, but 24 last year. Still, the BATF agents, working with local police, have an impressive record. Nearly half of all the crimes are considered "solved," meaning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Explosions Over Abortion | 1/14/1985 | See Source »

To be sure, much of what Reagan outlined could still be changed within Administration councils, although the President took the unusual step of warning Cabinet members that he had personally reviewed the document virtually line by line with its author, Budget Director David Stockman, and saw little need for the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cutting to the Quick | 12/17/1984 | See Source »

During the protest, police arrested about 160 people, including two Roman Catholic priests and a deacon. The clerics spent a night in jail before being released in response to pleas from Santiago Archbishop Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín. A British subject who worked as the United Press International correspondent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chile: Show of Force | 12/10/1984 | See Source »

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