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Reagan might have known that Harvard was one of the few universities not to succumb to his charisma in the 1984 election. Or maybe he was miffed that Derek Bok had decided to end the tradition of handing out honorary degrees to the anniversary speakers due to faculty grumbling. When...

Author: By Gary D. Rowe, | Title: A Ridiculous Excuse | 4/5/1986 | See Source »

A year ago, some 15,000 contras operated across almost a third of Nicaragua, their campaign underwritten by U.S. aid. Today, crippled in part by Congress's < fickle approach to supplying aid, only some 4,000 remain in Nicaragua; the rest have been forced by a vigorous Sandinista counteroffensive to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Struggling for Survival | 3/17/1986 | See Source »

As part of a U.S. bid to solve the crisis, Philip Habib, 65, a specially appointed U.S. envoy, late last week flew at President Reagan's behest to Manila. Habib's mission: to find some way of reconciling the opposing Aquino and Marcos political camps. On arrival, the diplomat immediately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going into the Streets | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

Specially designed shuttle trains will provide double-deck rail cars for automobiles (proposed fare: about $30 for a vehicle and driver) and single- deckers for trucks. France Manche officials claim that an entire train could be loaded in only ten minutes. The crossing will take 30 minutes, vs. 75 minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy Hands Below the Sea | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

So "Costumes of Royal India," of which this fabulous piece of cotton is just a small part, springs into New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art with a vitality and dignity well beyond that of most exhibitions of clothing. All is ravishment: a child's coat made of silver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: A Harmony of Fugitive Color | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

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