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...honks its horn at that moment, and as Malle contrives it, it resounds within the restaurant, as if to resolve the evening's dilemma. Wally and Andre cast their parting shots amicably, and with music from the piano, the spell is ended...

Author: By Siddhartha Mazumdar, | Title: Food for Thought | 1/22/1982 | See Source »

...economy has serious problems. Inflation, currently running at 15%, has been worsened by the government's new minimum-wage level, which hiked the lowest pay for mostly black farm and domestic workers by 66% and increased wages for commercial and industrial employees by 23.5%. A year-end dry spell may cost the country as much as 30% of its current maize crop. A shortage of gasoline has been exacerbated by hoarding and by disruptions of pipe lines and rail shipments by the raids of antigovernment guerrillas who operate from neighboring Mozambique and are reportedly aided by South Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zimbabwe: Rising Racial Tensions | 1/18/1982 | See Source »

...China. "First Washington needs to work out a concerted course of action for dealing with its worldwide problems." But for the time being, Kraft lamely concludes: "When friends turn nasty, a good way to show how much this country counts is to put the world on hold for a spell." Curious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newswatch: Without Excessive Applause | 1/18/1982 | See Source »

...variety of rhythms and melodies in songs like "Ocean" and "Electric Co." October has some additional instrumentation, but sticks more to the now-established formula. People forgive a lack of innovation in traditional folk music, but the rock world is faster paced, and failure to generate new ideas could spell out a group's doom, a problem in particular for New Wave groups who deal with a more limited range of permissible rhythms...

Author: By Michael Hasselmo, | Title: Autumn Rhythms | 1/5/1982 | See Source »

Perhaps the angriest reaction came from Israel's main ally, the U.S. At week's end, the State Department declared that in retribution it was suspending the U.S.-Israeli agreement on strategic cooperation signed in Washington just three weeks previously. Technical talks scheduled for January to spell out practical details of the agreement will not take place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Begin's Brash Blitz | 12/28/1981 | See Source »

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