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...hundreds of Israeli kibbutzim, its cooperative agriculture communities, were once feverishly intent on expanding the nation's wealth through hard work. Today most are building swimming pools or tennis courts--indicating the nation's growing eagerness to consolidate and relax, not expand...

Author: By Lavea Brachman, | Title: Begin's Self-Destruction | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

...small local shops, buying up Port Stanley's supply of postcards and objects carrying the Falklands' motto, "Desire the Right." One storeowner has already sold out a supply of watches and jewelry that would previously have lasted half a year. Meanwhile, Britain announced it would relax the 200-mile "total exclusion zone" imposed at the height of the Falklands crisis. But Britain, still wary of Argentina's intentions, asked that country's military ships and aircraft to stay 150 miles away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Population Boom | 8/2/1982 | See Source »

...play the low bass notes with my left hand to give the illusion of a bass drum, and I'll kind of pound the piano to get the feeling that the drums are there. As the rhythms become tense they become more nervous. As they relax themselves they become more laid back, and that's where the really funky side comes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Consultations with the Doctor | 7/26/1982 | See Source »

...more to a quad than another flipflop. When a flyer is traveling through the air at 80 m.p.h., reaction time is measured in milli seconds. "If it's a triple somersault, Mi guel can feel if he's going too fast," explains Juan, 32. "He can relax and slow down. If he's going too slowly, he can tuck up tighter and complete the third somer sault faster." The quadruple, by contrast, allows no such mid-course adjustment; once the flyer has released the bar and tucked himself up for the first of four turns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: They Caught the Quad! | 7/26/1982 | See Source »

...obvious overture to disgruntled American investors, MacEachen promised that the Trudeau government would not "press the pace" of nationalization in the energy industry. He also pledged to relax the screening of foreign investors. But MacEachen had little good news for Canadians. He asked workers in public service jobs to accept a cut in wage increases, from 12.2% last year to 6% in this year's new contracts, and in effect raised taxes by limiting a provision that protected taxpayers from inflation-induced "bracket creep." The new budget did offer lower-interest loans to small businessmen and farmers and proposed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: Shock Therapy | 7/12/1982 | See Source »

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