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A cloud of thick gray smoke and the pungent scent of burning wax wafted above the jumble of gravestones in Warsaw's Powazki Cemetery last Thursday. It was All Saints' Day, and thousands of Poles had crowded into the historic burial ground to light candles in memory of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: A Nation Mourns a Martyred Priest | 11/12/1984 | See Source »

When Father Jerzy Popieluszko, 37, was abducted on a lonely stretch of road outside the city of Torun on Oct. 19, many Poles refused to believe that the popular priest could have been the victim of gangland-style violence. During the grimmest hours of military rule, Popieluszko's eloquence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: A Nation Mourns a Martyred Priest | 11/12/1984 | See Source »

THE QUESTION that often accompanies the assassination of a world leader is 'where to from here, Tuesday's murder of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi places a cloud of uncertainty over the country's future and leaves a gaping hole on the international stage. It was during her 18 years...

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

The remnants of pulsars rotate and emit radiation at their magnetic poles. Whenever one of the poles turns toward the line of light from the Earth, a pulse of radiation is received. The phenomenon is comparable to the pulse of light emitted by a lighthouse beam.

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Bringing Dead Stars Back to Life | 11/2/1984 | See Source »

Do we preserve the loner ideal as an act of national defensiveness, to protect the country from conceding that it is too much alone in the world? Before the Second World War, a great many Americans sought international isolation. Once the nation be came a superpower it achieved more isolation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Rugged Individual Rides Again | 10/15/1984 | See Source »

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