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From the moment he reached Europe, Father Jenco seemed nervous and preoccupied with the horrors he had left behind. At one point he apologized to the press for refusing to answer some questions, explaining that his silence was "a shout of fear and concern" for "my brothers still held hostage." Honoring a promise to his former captors, the priest released a seven-minute videotape in which Jacobsen pleads with the Reagan Administration to work more actively on the hostages' behalf. Said Jacobsen: "I'm very tired and frustrated. I'm very angry. Why won't the Government negotiate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East End of a Priest's Ordeal | 8/11/1986 | See Source »

...United States and Britain, George Bernard Shaw once remarked, are two nations separated by a common language. Today he might say much the same thing about the U.S. and the whole world. ICE CUBOS, says a sign in the Mexican resort of Acapulco. Lebanese audiences watching Rambo shout exhortations in English, and a Japanese rock-'n'-roll hit begins, "Let's dancin' people/ Hoshi-kuzu nagarete feel so good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: English: A Language That Has Ausgeflippt | 6/16/1986 | See Source »

...Minnesota diner with the President watching Rocky on T.V. and Bix Beiderbecke tooting blues in the corner. How about them Mets? O Kissinger. O Cher. The bellowing variety, the great mixed bag of nations. Of course we celebrate ourselves. The fact of our existence is reason enough to shout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Best: Variety, Optimism, Bounty, Talent: an Accounting | 6/16/1986 | See Source »

...support the move of several alumni to include the issue on the agenda of the annual meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association, which is this afternoon. When the meeting is called to order by the association president all those who support openess, whether they favor divestment or not should shout "open the doors," thereby letting Harvard's officials and the watching world know that we will no longer let the University be run by a closed administration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Behind Closed Doors | 6/5/1986 | See Source »

Pity poor Ed Zschau. A Republican candidate for the Senate, he yearns to meet the voters and debate the issues. But instead, he finds himself spending $2.1 million teaching Californians to pronounce his name. (Try shout without the t.) This campaign, in a state as vast and variegated as California, must be waged in 60-second television ads, which must be fueled by endless fund raisers. As Zschau explains, between bites of an airport snack shop's meatball sandwich, "You simply can't shake enough hands and kiss enough babies to get elected in this state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California's Crazy Primary | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

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