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...protect as well as they can their oasis of stability, the Saudi leaders have used the power of petrodollars to help shore up moderate regimes around them. They yearn for consensus rather than polarization and try to soften up radical Arab regimes rather than fight them. They annoyed the U.S. and Egypt by going along with a condemnation of the Camp David agreements at the Baghdad summit meeting of Arab states; but they did so in return for an easing of radical Arab retaliation against Egypt. The West was disappointed at the Saudi performance at last month's OPEC...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: The Crescent of Crisis | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

With 13 games left to play it appears evident that a second-division finish in the ECAC is in the offing. Only a strong effort in the Beanpot would soften the fall to mediocrity...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Bruins Bury Listless Icemen | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

...well to promise higher economic aid, lower trade barriers on imports of Mexican textiles and produce, and a reversal of present moves toward stringent immigration controls. Above all, the U.S. must be willing to deal with its neighbor as an equal. Only then will the fiercely proud Mexicans soften their suspicion of the northern colossus and join in a partnership that will benefit both sides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Mexico Joins Oil's Big Leagues | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

...customer lies back, her legs covered with a blue and white paisley quilt, a cosmetologist goes to work, cleaning the skin with unscented makeup remover and lotion. Then a lubricant is applied with a small hot iron, which is a doll-sized version of the kitchen iron, to soften the pores. This "face ironing" is followed by a herbal or seaweed steam facial, manual and deep-pore cleansing, a tightening mask and a makeup consultation. More and more men are showing up in skin-treatment centers too: 10% of Arpel's customers and 20% of Klinger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Newest Skin Game | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...wrong road to take--a person can have a special talent or gift, and we have to identify that gift and encourage it. I'm interested in quality, excellence, standards." He says he has preserved his ideal over the last 13 years, but has learned how to soften the application of it. Epstein says he's mellowed...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: A Brustein Portrait | 12/9/1978 | See Source »

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