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Saturday night we were placed on board buses and driven down to a nearby cinema for the screening of "Good Morning, Vietnam." Apparently, some of the locals hoped to catch the show as well: the line in front of the box office snaked halfway around the block. As we were...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: Good Morning San Francisco | 1/15/1988 | See Source »

A nationwide strike ended last week, but Haitians continued to demonstrate against the government of Lieut. General Henri Namphy. Protesters marched on the National Palace, waving branches symbolizing the "uprooting" of the regime. Four days later 10,000 snaked through Port-au-Prince chanting "Namphy go!"

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti Silence | 7/20/1987 | See Source »

The descent to Khost's dirt airstrip is gut wrenching, a series of dizzying circles, jigs and S-turns as once again the planes pop flares in rapid succession. Last week Soviet-built government transports delivered 60 journalists from India, the Soviet bloc and the West on a propaganda tour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War of A Thousand Skirmishes | 5/18/1987 | See Source »

A parade snaked through the streets of Davao City last week, but the occasion was hardly festive. As thousands of residents on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao watched, the marchers carried 105 white wooden coffins containing the remains of civilians said to have been murdered by the Communist-led...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines Tough Words from the Top | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

For hours on end, the small army with ice picks chipped away, trying to undo the winter's work in Moscow. Thousands of men and women, ordered to turn out for subbotnik, a Saturday of so-called voluntary unpaid labor, cleared streets and sidewalks of slippery patches. At the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union the Reformers Lead the Way | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

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