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First, they drafted a new monetary scheme to stabilize international exchange rates that would reconstruct the dismembered European "snake" (which once tied all Community currencies to a narrow range of fluctuation, only to be abandoned over the years by Britain, France and Italy), backed by a new, large reserve fund...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: Toward a Tag-Team Match in Bonn | 7/17/1978 | See Source »

...remained skeptical about the degree of Cuban involvement, and there was no hard proof linking the Cubans to the Kolwezi operation. But documents uncovered and radio traffic have led Western intelligence analysts to speculate that the Shaba rebels were trained by Cubans who had been assigned by Havana to reconstruct the Katangese liberation movement. The difference between the organization, equipment and indoctrination of those who invaded Shaba last year and that of this year's rebel troops was said to be noticeable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ZAIRE: Post-Mortem on an Invasion | 6/12/1978 | See Source »

While lacking Schorer's degree of sophistication, even soap operas long ago picked up the theme of nonexistent communication between husband and wife, which leads them to seek compensation in adultery, to reconstruct the past in nostalgic memories...

Author: By Giselle Falkenberg, | Title: Guaranteed Nothingness | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...mackintosh." Irion had severed the cruciate ligament which holds the knee cap in place and it had literally dissolved. In a delicate three-hour operation, Boland drilled a pair of small holes in Irion's knee which he threaded with a tendon from a leg muscle so as to reconstruct the missing ligament...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Steve Irion: The Quiet Gun From Harlowtown | 2/10/1978 | See Source »

...sabre fencers (no lights with this weapon) rush together, blades wavering threateningly above their heads. A blur of frenzied combat is followed by the familiar "halt" from the director, who supports his chin with the palm of his hand as he tries to reconstruct what happened in his mind. His pondering is interrupted by a fierce cry of "I'm waiting" from an Army assistant coach bearing down on the director with an intimidating stare. The director as much as turning his head in the direction of the shout calls "no touch" and restarts the bout. The Army coach...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Directing the Director | 1/27/1978 | See Source »

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