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...suicide was perhaps the most macabre episode in a week of violent demonstrations against the authoritarian government of President Chun Doo Hwan. The protests have been inflamed in part by Washington's steadfast support of the Chun regime. On Wednesday 21 students broke into the offices of the U.S. Information Service and the American consulate in the seaport city of Pusan. Staff members escaped through a back door as angry protesters rampaged through the building. After an hour, they were driven out by 100 riot police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea: Anti-U.S. Fever Surges Anew | 6/2/1986 | See Source »

Despite the Administration's steadfast opposition, the vote was not even close. With 56 Republicans joining virtually all of the Democrats, the House last week passed, 295 to 127, a bill to impose economic sanctions on South Africa. It would ban new American loans and investment there, halt computer sales to the government and end the importation of Krugerrands unless South Africa begins to take explicit measures to reform its apartheid system. The day before, the Republican-controlled Senate Foreign Relations Committee had voted 16 to 1 to approve a similar, though less harsh, proposal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not a Black and White Issue | 6/17/1985 | See Source »

...language that made no mention of any link between trade and monetary conferences, but nothing could get him to set a date for the trade discussions. The French President hinted to reporters that Reagan's success in lining up the other leaders for early talks only "made me more steadfast" in refusing. Finally, there was nothing to do but issue a communique for once allowing disagreement among the summiteers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No French Connection | 5/13/1985 | See Source »

Even those who benefit from the new order seem split in their allegiances. Many of the youngest of the new corps of Viet Nam's leaders are steadfast in their defense of the system. Still, something of their restlessness comes through. "I have to live very correctly," explains a young official. "I cannot flirt too much, and I must respect older people. I must be very popular, and I cannot have too many luxuries. If I don't like this driver"-- he motions to the man at the wheel--"I must talk to him anyway. I also must dress properly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viet Nam a Gathering of Ghosts | 5/13/1985 | See Source »

...best example of this is probably his steadfast refusal to divest, a position which infuriates opponents but which he arrived at after long and careful deliberation...

Author: By Andrew S. Doctoroff, | Title: Beyond the Mass Hall Mystique | 1/10/1985 | See Source »

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