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Advocates conjure up visions of death rays flashing across thousands of miles of space to zap Soviet missiles as they rise. Critics counter with derisive pictures of the most supersophisticated Star Wars weaponry foiled by something as simple as grains of beach sand scattered in orbit. Back and forth go...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exploring the High-Tech Frontier | 3/11/1985 | See Source »

Gold light slants through tall trees and casts long shadows across the tufted stalks of elephant grass as we arrive at the crash site in the late afternoon. Suddenly, the dense undergrowth gives way to an unnatural clearing of dirty gray sand littered with the half-recognizable detritus of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laos Excavating the Recent Past | 3/4/1985 | See Source »

Although there have been scattered threats of violence among farmers who feel manipulated and want to strike out at someone or something, most of their protest has been a stolid, dignified resistance to farm foreclosures or forced auctions. Some 40 supporters of Ray Parks, 42, gathered in front of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinging to the Land | 2/18/1985 | See Source »

Peering through the vines and branches that enshroud the ruins, the Colorado team was awed by the handiwork of the ancient craftsmen. Slate-roofed towers jut from the mountainside, the possible burial sites of the elite. Below them are 16 round multistoried buildings constructed of slate, wood and mudlike mortar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Lost City Revisited | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

The standard-size vacuum cleaner, squatting in countless American closets, is a veritable symbol of drudgery. But now there is a little vac hanging on the wall, designed just to clean up the spilled potting soil and the scattered cat litter. It is the Dustbuster, and its phenomenal success is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marketbuster: The vac that roared | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

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