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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...campaign strategy," said Mondale, "was to remain unclear on all the issues. When he got elected, there was no agenda to lean on. Honesty was not enough." Mondale's face tightened a bit. "Let me tell you," he said, "being in the White House without a mandate is pure hell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mondale: I Am Ready Now | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

...similar vein Arbatov argues that the Soviet SS 20 threat is pure propaganda, whereas the Soviet have reason to be concerned in reality about the deployment later this year of Cruse and Pershing II missiles in Western Europe. The SS 20, Arbatov believes are not in essence different from the weapons they replaced (the SS-4 and SS-5) because they do not have the capability of reaching the United States--SS-20 remains a theater weapon usably, only in Europe. The Pershings and Cruise missiles though are clearly superior to their prerectly From the Soviet viewpoint, this is clearcut...

Author: By Antony J. Blinken, | Title: How They See It | 4/16/1983 | See Source »

Most of Arbatov's discussion of human rights is pure rhetoric. When he states, for example, that the USSR has "a deep and long standing commitment to human rights" and adds that "it's for human rights that we made our revolution," the reader is tempted above all else to Laugh Rarely is there a defense of the utter lack of freedom of speech, movement and religious practice in the USSR. When such questions do arise. Arbatov either shifts the discussion to human rights "abuses" in the West or sidesteps the issue altogether. As for Oltmans he never sees...

Author: By Antony J. Blinken, | Title: How They See It | 4/16/1983 | See Source »

Free-basers are apparently the likeliest to die. The high is more intense than the high from snorting (and equal to that from injection) because the pure, heated cocaine vapor is absorbed into the bloodstream so fast. The speed of absorption, not the size of the dose, also seems to be the operative factor in cocaine deaths. Blood vessels are simultaneously constricted and cardiopulmonary muscles overstimulated; heart attacks (sometimes not diagnosed as cocaine-triggered) or lung failure are the direct causes of death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crashing on Cocaine | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

...performance lasted around 90 minutes, and Chung played some of her favorite works. She was also called back on stage for an encore. A Washington Post review of the concert described it as "creating a perfect balance between pure flash and lyric poetry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Years of Practice Pay Off Freshman Pianist Holds Debut | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

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