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...almost half the world's Mormons live outside the U.S. A diversity of one culture quickly becomes a diversity of many: the "typical American" who goes to Japan today may be a third-generation Japanese American, or the son of a Japanese woman married to a California serviceman, or the offspring of a Salvadoran father and an Italian mother from San Francisco. When he goes out with a Japanese woman, more than two cultures are brought into play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Global Village Finally Arrives | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

...snoopers were arrested, questioned and, thanks to their diplomatic immunity, whisked out of the country 24 hours later. Greek journalists speculated that the diplomats were investigating activities of the Nov. 17 terrorist organization, which claims to have killed 10 victims of various nationalities, including diplomats and a U.S. serviceman, since 1975. Local architect Dmitris Papadopoulos was unsurprised by the discovery: "It is an agreement between the Greeks and the Americans to find the terrorists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Talk of the Streets | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

Within a day, the police picked up 11 Iranian, Syrian, Libyan and Turkish suspects, said Acar, and authorities believe the murder may be linked to six others, including the deaths of an Israeli security officer and a U.S. serviceman. Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel spoke of "certain powers trying to create division and havoc in Turkey." In Ankara hundreds of thousands of mourners tossed red carnations at Mumcu's flag-draped coffin. At the Iranian consulate in Istanbul and elsewhere, protesting crowds chanted, "We are not Iran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fingering Tehran | 2/8/1993 | See Source »

...locate the graves. As for the parachute, it could have been the drag chute used to slow F-4s after landing. It also could have been an effort by a comrade-in- arms to do a favor for the families of the downed crew. As long as a serviceman is listed as MIA, his family continues to receive his pay and even benefits from periodic promotions. Those explanations were persuasive. But while the evidence remained inconclusive, Case 0158 would be an open wound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Expeditions: My Search for Colonel Scharf | 1/13/1992 | See Source »

...have suffocated, but a nurse is with him at all times to provide help. Says George Cushmac, Bob's father: "It's lovely stuff, but it comes with the price of having to repair it when it breaks down. This isn't like owning a Maytag washer with a serviceman waiting to be called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Machines That Work Miracles | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

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