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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...exercise adequate oversight of the Section 8 moderate- rehabilitation process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Silent Sam Speaks Up | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

What a wonderful word, Europhoria. Western Europe seems to have rediscovered the political will to advance the stalled process of economic integration and further the old dream of Continental unity. In a bold venture eyed warily by the rest of the globe, the twelve members of the European Community* have pledged to unite their markets by Dec. 31, 1992, creating the world's largest market and trading bloc. West Europeans have few illusions about their ability to create a United States of Europe. Even within individual countries, regional rivalries are still pronounced, and the Continent's cultural diversity will continue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Charging Ahead Watch out, Washington and Moscow. | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

...same time, East bloc decolonization appears to be in full swing, creating the conditions for a rapprochement that promises a safer, less divided Continent. The process could yet end in instability and repression, but Europeans on both sides of the ideological divide are seizing a precious opportunity to end four dangerous decades of armed confrontation. A Europe freed from the threat of military aggression would also be a Europe with resources freed to speed growth and augment its geopolitical clout. Last week both sides pursued that chance in Vienna, where negotiations for reducing conventional armed forces in Europe resumed, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Charging Ahead Watch out, Washington and Moscow. | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

...Community via bilateral trade and aid deals while Moscow watches with envious desire. "What is going on in Western Europe is a serious challenge for us," says Vitali Zhurkin, director of the Soviet Academy of Science's recently created Institute for Europe. "It is a positive process that shows us perestroika should be moving quicker. We too are behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Charging Ahead Watch out, Washington and Moscow. | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

Scientists are concerned that the destruction of the Amazon could lead to climatic chaos. Because of the huge volume of clouds it generates, the Amazon system plays a major role in the way the sun's heat is distributed around the globe. Any disturbance of this process could produce far-reaching, unpredictable effects. Moreover, the Amazon region stores at least 75 billion tons of carbon in its trees, which when burned spew carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Since the air is already dangerously overburdened by carbon dioxide from the cars and factories of industrial nations, the torching of the Amazon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Playing with Fire | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

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