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After the revolution, another struggle for power. That this would be the next chapter in Iran's political saga grew ever more possible last week as the country's new leaders struggled to consolidate their tenuous control over their chaotic land. In many ways, the immediate challenge facing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Now, Another Power Struggle | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

This time, no one seems to want to lend even rhetorical assistance to Amin. Neither the United Nations nor the Organization of African Unity has condemned the invasion, despite his appeals. Amin may have managed to buy a few weapons from Iraq, but his traditional arms suppliers, Libya and the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UGANDA: A Tyrant in Trouble | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

I regret the offense taken at my rhetorical excesses. But I must stand by the substance of my remarks regarding the evident erosion of intellectual standards and values at this university, as symbolized by the Kirkland House course on the Harvard football team's strategy. John G. Daugman '76 third...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the Barbarian Invasion | 3/2/1979 | See Source »

As television cameras recorded the astonishing scene, Jimmy Carter's face alternately froze and flexed involuntarily into a taut grin. Mexico's President José LÓpez Portillo, a sharp-tongued former law professor, was turning a luncheon toast into an emotional lecture on what he saw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Battle of Toasts | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

Before the Chinese action, Viet Nam's Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh had denounced what he described as "feverish war preparations" by Peking, including the massing of 20 divisions along the frontier. Trinh also called on the United Nations to "examine the grave situation" and move to defuse it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTHEAST ASIA: Brinkmanship on a Hot Border | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

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