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...cocaine will amount in the end to a token fight. "All we can hope to do," says Sergeant Rene LaPrevotte of San Francisco's drug squad, "is prevent someone from setting up a cocaine stand in Union Square." One federal official, who has been with the DEA since it began in 1973, has no heroic notions of putting an end to cocaine runs. "We feel like we're part of a spectator sport," he says. "We're not the answer. The answers are going to be found in your wallets and your conscience...
...unsure that "there was no evidence of disappearance in 1982," as the report states Ricardo Rene Haidar, a guerrilla leader of the Montenegro revolutionary opposition, was abducted in Buenos Aires last December. He has not been accounted for, and La Prensa--the largest newspaper in Argentina--has reported that he has been executed by security forces...
TIME was just two months old in May 1923 when the first Frenchman, former Premier Rene Viviani, appeared on its cover. Since then, there have been 105 other cover stories devoted to French individuals or events. Last week, inaugurating TIME's 60th anniversary, all those covers went on exhibit at Paris' Georges Pompidou Center. Titled "America Looks at France, TIME 1923-1983," the exposition not only chronicles 20th century Gallic history, but also documents TIME's interest in the personalities and preoccupations of the French...
...shipping tycoon and an Oxford-educated research biochemist. "Every coach had a different story," she says, and a plaque in each car traces its provenance. The most exquisite of all is a dining car with eight frosted-glass panels handcrafted in the style of famed 19th century French jeweler Rene Lalique. The sleeping compartments, nine to twelve to a car, are marvels of compact beauty, with comfortable bench seats that convert into upper and lower berths, mahogany drop tables, and inlaid doors enclosing an ornate washbasin; there is a magnificently paneled toilet at the end of each...
Even so, Trudeau was able to bring around only nine provincial leaders. Rene Levesque, the premier of predominantly French-speaking Quebec, rejected Trudeau's compromise because it eliminated Quebec's traditional veto, which it has used to guard control over such sensitive matters as culture and education...