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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rockets that were exploding within 300 meters of the headquarters. Dressed in rumpled khaki pants and a windbreaker, he climbed briskly up the steps to the third floor and out onto a flat roof. There he answered his officers' questions about the rest of the operation and snapped out quick orders. "Are we going to enter Beirut?" asked a noncom. "No," replied Sharon flatly. "We must stay away from Beirut." He explained: "I shall avoid at all costs fighting a battle inside the city of Beirut. The elimination of the terrorists' headquarters inside the city should be carried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel Strikes at The P.L.O. | 6/21/1982 | See Source »

...came down, it would be "no panacea" for the world economy. As for the Fed, "we cannot order them not to publish the money-supply figures. They're an independent body, but we'll relay the message." The President finished up with a little homily about "no quick fixes" for the world's economic problems. Said the summit chairman, French President null Mitterrand: "Nobody can accuse Ronald Reagan of going back on his principles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Debate with Doodles | 6/21/1982 | See Source »

...Last winter when she was accompanying her husband to Boston, where he was to undergo heart-bypass surgery, a pro-nuclear energy activist named Ellen Kaplan accosted the couple at Newark International Airport, baiting Henry Kissinger with the question, "Do you sleep with young boys at the Carlyle Hotel?" Quick as a flash, Nancy grabbed Kaplan's neck and said, "Do you want to get slugged?" Though unharmed, Kaplan pressed assault charges. Last week Newark Municipal Court Judge Julio Fuentes pronounced Nancy's reaction "spontaneous" and "somewhat human," then found her innocent. "Justice has been done," said Kissinger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 21, 1982 | 6/21/1982 | See Source »

...retired Creed, of all people, replaces Mickey and tries to teach Rocky the new boxing method he must acquire to beat Lang-quick, stylish and black. Rocky is slow to pick it up and agonizes in self-pity. It remains for Adrian to deliver the ultimatum: go for it-the Rocky motto-or give up the rematch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Winner and Still Champion | 6/14/1982 | See Source »

...launched an "all-kosher superstore" for Passover. Supermarket Insights Co-Founder Paul Reuter reports such success that his company has already fielded a new video magazine, Health and Beauty Aids Insights. It will be strictly nuts-and-bolts stuff, however. Charney's Videofashion Monthly, with lots of quick clips of swirling models, distracted designers and discofied fashion shows, has already cornered the glitz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Tips on Tape | 6/14/1982 | See Source »

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