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In this regard, Andropov's brief tenure may have provided a hint of what the West can expect from Gorbachev. Andropov's ascendance, too, occasioned high hopes in the West. The code words of wishful thinking were the same: moderate, pragmatist, technocrat, sophisticate. Within a day of his selection, there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviets: Both Continuity and Vitality | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

What makes the dollars so important are recent changes in the delegate selection process and, paradoxically, campaign finance legislation that have put a premium on high-cost politicking. Especially in primaries, the race often goes to the candidate who has purchased the most media coverage and funded the most extensive...

Author: By George S. Canellos, | Title: The Buck Starts Here | 2/28/1984 | See Source »

So when Ian Curtis took his own life. New Order became a Doors for the rock sophisticate and Curtis a Jim Morrison figure. But New Order gradually moved to disassociate itself from the death-worship that is the bread and potatoes of second-generation rock fandom and by doing that...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Hype or Substance? | 8/5/1983 | See Source »

Midwestern Democrats nonetheless scored some big victories. Marcy Kaptur astonished her own party by winning almost 59% of the vote in a Toledo district that had voted 56% for Republican Ed Weber only two years ago. One reason: the Toledo AFL-CIO hired some of the district's jobless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election '82: Losing a Fragile Coalition | 11/15/1982 | See Source »

PINKY AND DIANNE. Two women who got their start doing custom designs for rock stars, Pinky (Wolman), 36, and Dianne (Beaudry), 37, have simmered down sufficiently since the '70s to produce clothes for men and women that add a silken worldliness to their original down and dirty flash. "We...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Cheers for the Home Team | 4/5/1982 | See Source »

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