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...hear himself talk to a President that way. "It hurt the country," one of the men who tried to persuade him remembers. "Glenn's stand was always principled, but he clung to an issue that was not transcendental." For their part, admirers viewed Glenn's holdout as proof that he will not take refuge in a popular political position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Glenn: Flying Solo, His Way | 6/20/1983 | See Source »

...death of General Franco." The political honeymoon still lasts, and when the boyish 41-year-old Socialist leader flies to Washington next week on his first official visit to the U.S., he will inevitably reflect the buoyant national mood. For Spaniards, González is, above all, living proof that after only five years of self-conscious democracy, Spain can elect a Socialist government without a national upheaval or a military coup. Holding a solid majority in both houses of the Cortes, the Socialists have moreover steered a reassuringly moderate course in economic policy. Separatist Basque terrorism remains a serious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain: Looking at the Future, Not the Past | 6/20/1983 | See Source »

...about with the U.S. is a mutual commitment"-an end to U.S. backing of the contras in exchange for the Sandinistas' stopping any support that the U.S. can prove they are providing for Salvadoran guerrillas based in Nicaragua. It remains questionable just what the Sandinistas would accept as proof and how they could be kept to the terms of a possible deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pros, Cons and Contras | 6/6/1983 | See Source »

...million U.S. military-assistance program there. As it happened, he was also chief of security for the 53 U.S. advisers in the country, responsible for informing newcomers of safety regulations. Yet when the air-conditioning system in his Maverick broke down, Schaufelberger rashly removed the sealed bullet proof window from the driver's side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death at the University: U.S. Navy Lieut. Commander Albert A. Schaufelberger III | 6/6/1983 | See Source »

...compromise." passed 91 to 5 last month, that would postpone withholding for four years and, in the interim, step up tax enforcement. Reagan, who in the past has pledged to veto any attempt to repeal or postpone withholding, appeared to soften his stance in the face of the veto-proof votes. Said he: "I'm going to wait and see what they come up with there on the Hill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Voting the Bankers' Way | 5/30/1983 | See Source »

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