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Dates: during 1980-1989
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"We are all witnesses," he said. "Hope leads us, if we are prepared to trust it, toward what our President Lincoln called 'the better angels of our nature.' And then, rising above all this cruelty, out of this tragic and nightmarish time, beyond the anguish, the pain and suffering, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paying Homage to History | 5/13/1985 | See Source »

The harp referred to in the title belongs to Ilana Davita Chandal, the precocious daughter of parents active in communist causes in New York City back in the days when political idealism consoled the victims of economic depression. Ilana'a immigrant mother, Anne, descends from orthodox eastern European Jews. Her...

Author: By William S. Benjamin, | Title: Music in the Darkness | 5/1/1985 | See Source »

In both houses, Reagan won some additional support with a last-minute pledge to reopen direct negotiations between the United States and the Sandinista government, a key issue in Democratic opposition to Reagan's policy toward Central America.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House, Senate Split Over Contra Aid Bill | 4/24/1985 | See Source »

That China would not officially welcome American nuclear weapons was hardly surprising, but the announcement rekindled a touchy controversy. Only two months ago, New Zealand denied the U.S. destroyer Buchanan permission to call at its ports when similar assurances were withheld, with the result that joint maneuvers with New Zealand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defense: No Nukes in Shanghai, Please | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

On the anti-contra side, a national coalition comprising mostly religious groups has drafted a "Pledge of Resistance." Some 55,000 Americans have signed, vowing to engage in acts of civil disobedience and nonviolent protest if the U.S. "invades, bombs, sends combat troops, or otherwise significantly escalates its intervention in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battle for Hearts and Minds | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

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