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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Because they are natural food scavengers, roaches prefer to live near kitchens and other food areas. All breeds, except the Oriental cockroach, thrive in warm temperatures--around 30 degree celsius. The German roaches live best in warm climates, but most other breeds prefer damp areas like sewers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Common Cockroach | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

...high-technology research, they tended to be leery of the political implications. France was chary, though Defense Minister Charles Hernu said his government would consider the invitation. The Italians doubted that, given the U.S. lead in technology, they would have much to contribute, while the Norwegians said they would prefer to devote their limited resources to conventional defense. In the Pacific, Australia turned down the offer, and Japan said delicately that the plan would be "carefully studied." Canada's Prime Minister Brian Mulroney described his enthusiasm for the idea as "restrained." Though some of the doubts may fade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe Growing Doubts | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

...Under Reagan, the peace process has come to a screeching halt," Carter declares, "and the debacle in Lebanon severely damaged or destroyed our influence in that area." Carter complains that instead of negotiation, Reagan "has tended to prefer the threat or use of American military force," a policy that has proved to be "particularly painful and embarrassing" in the Middle East. The former President agrees with Arab moderates like Jordan's King Hussein that for the U.S. to have focused so heavily on Lebanon was "wasteful and counterproductive." Carter's advice: "The initiative for peace talks must come from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Carter: Take the Initiative | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

...Miami Vice" look, expertly (and expensively) produced by Matinique, enters around loose cotton shirts with big sleeves and large front pockets formless cotton or linen jackets and wide-legged, high-wasted trousers, all in semi-bright primaries like blue, yellow, and greens. Though Vice is nice, most men prefer not to look like walking piles of unironed laundry...

Author: By Charles M. Sneid, | Title: Fun, Sun and Dumb--This Spring's New Looks | 3/19/1985 | See Source »

...much we would lose the people's confidence. But I think that within a year the economy will have recovered. In my heart I don't want to do what some of the European countries have done, and that is to go into deep unemployment. I prefer to spread the burden more equally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Am Not in Doubt | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

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