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...which are aimed at Europe, while NATO has installed only 104 of the 572 single-warhead cruise and Pershing II missiles that it hopes to put in by 1988. Paul Nitze, Reagan's special adviser on arms control, said Moscow's new proposal was worse from the American standpoint than the final Soviet position before the breakoff of the Geneva talks in November 1983. Back then, the U.S.S.R. would have kept only 120 SS-20s in Europe, while the U.S. would have deployed no new missiles. U.S. officials further derided Gorbachev's initiative because the Soviets have developed a successor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Up in the Air After Moscow's Gambit | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

...needed to mass-produce computers. Says Vico Henriques, head of the Washington-based Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association: "The Soviets' capability in computer science is probably equal to ours. Just look at the very sophisticated things they're able to do in space. But from a computer manufacturing standpoint, they are nowhere near...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing Computer Catch-Up | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

Americans are going into 1985 a little older, maybe a little wiser and, in most cases, a little richer. From an economic standpoint, 1984 was a year to cheer. Unemployment dipped, interest rates finally slipped, and inflation stayed cowering in its cage. Many businesses raked in record profits. Most important, Americans relished an estimated 5.3% rise in real disposable income, which is the amount of money people have left after taxes, adjusted for inflation. That fueled a feeling of prosperity and helped propel President Reagan in his re-election romp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Year of Rolling Sevens | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

...congressional approval to disband the panel, but the President could weaken the council further by failing to appoint replacements. Said Reagan in an interview published in Human Events, a conservative weekly: "I'm considering whether or not I even want to fill [the chairmanship]." From a public relations standpoint, while abolishing the CEA would make economic decisions appear smoother, it might create the impression that the Administration is trying to get rid of anyone who does not agree with it. Particularly if the economy runs into trouble in the next four years, the President will need plenty of help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Needs' em? | 12/24/1984 | See Source »

...Tracy was outstanding, which form a coach's standpoint is what really counts," Harvard Coach John Dooley said of the senior, who had started only one game in goal before this season. "She's really starting to come alive...

Author: By Jessica Dormas, | Title: Icewomen Pounded By Big, Bad Northeastern | 12/7/1984 | See Source »

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