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...foreign policy probably is not so much outright belligerence as his tendency to divide the world into good guys and bad guys. He seems to underestimate the complexity of Third World countries, where not all revolutionary movements are necessarily pro-Soviet or permanently anti-American. Evenhandedness in delicate trouble spots???of the sort that enabled Carter to bring about the Camp David accords?does not seem much in Reagan's character. His one-sided defense of the Israeli position, to the extent that it is more than campaign rhetoric, leaves him little credibility in the Arab world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Future Begins on Nov. 4 | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

Stokowski and the choir rendered an almost perfect performance. But the effect? Eloquent, yes. Sublimely inspired even, in spots???but with long, long stretches of infinite boredom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beethoven's Ninth | 3/17/1924 | See Source »

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