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Even among the apolitical, much of the blame for the country's plight is placed on the contras. A wide assortment of Nicaraguans, even those most prone to complain about their circumstances, accept the government line that the U.S.-backed rebels are responsible for the destruction of schools, hospitals and the economy. The warm affection that most Nicaraguans feel for North Americans does not extend to the Reagan Administration, which Nicaraguans believe is preparing for an invasion of their country. "The U.S. military aggression," says Eric Ramirez, president of the opposition Social Christian Party, "gives oxygen for the Sandinistas...
Staff Writer Janice Castro, who wrote this week's cover story, her first for TIME, also went into the field. At a meeting of a self-help group for addicts in New Jersey, she heard shocking stories of degradation and despair. She was especially moved by the plight of several members who were still hospitalized, undergoing detoxification. "They were very worried about returning to their jobs," says Castro. "They knew that there would be drugs there, and they didn't want to fall back into their old habits. But the others reassured them that wherever there were drugs, there were...
...illness also displayed Javits at his most courageous as he adopted the plight of the terminally ill for his final cause. His mind sharp to the end, he turned up at meetings in his wheelchair, his head supported by a brace because his neck muscles had atrophied. "Life does not stop with terminal illness," he said. "Only the patient stops if he doesn't have the will to go forward with life." No one could fairly accuse Javits of lacking that will...
...proposed ordinance is only a first step toward turning Councilman Vellucci's epithet into a reality, toward making Cambridge a sanctuary city. Though temporary shelters are a bandaid on the homeless problem, they are necessary. Unfortunately, human concern often turns from a moral imperative regarding the plight of the homeless in someone else's neighborhood, to a personal threat and inconvenience in one's own. It is precisely at this time, when we appreciate the support and security of our own communities, that we can help others to find a place called home...
...much," he later explained. "I lay down in the snow and said, 'Not another step.' " The guards scrutinized the book carefully, then handed it back. The elaborately negotiated release of Anatoli Shcharansky, one of the Soviet Union's most famous political prisoners and a symbol of the plight of Soviet Jews and human rights dissidents alike, proceeded as planned...