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...cigarskis were known to be surprisingly fast, but very hard to steer. In their- first public appearance last November, at Winterberg, West Germany, they rolled several times. Before a race at Cortina, the Soviet team withdrew after two crashes. The U.S. and Swiss teams were interested enough, nevertheless, to have copies made. All were rejected for use in these Olympics, as their drivers did not know how to control them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Cigarski Is Smoking | 2/20/1984 | See Source »

...brethren." Black Africa broke off relations with Israel and began voting as a block with the Arabs and against Israel at the U.N. At the same time, the West Europeans, who have always put money ahead of morality, became markedly cooler in their relations with Israel, and attempted to steer a neutral course in the Arab-Israeli conflict...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Understanding Israel's Side | 2/16/1984 | See Source »

...Reagan is scheduled to make early this week. Whatever the President might have said about the Kremlin in the past, he has decided to call a truce in the war of words that has sent superpower relations plummeting to the lowest point in two decades. Instead, Reagan intends to steer a course, in his words, of "credible deterrence and peaceful competition." As he planned to say in his speech: "Neither we nor the Soviet Union can wish away the differences between our two societies and philosophies. But we should always remember that we do have common interests and that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Thaw in the Big Chill | 1/23/1984 | See Source »

...White Knight: "You just watch the second hand go around." To keep busy, the crew of the Hawkeye has adopted four mallard hens; the men aboard the Ann Blessey cast for carp using hot dogs and cheddar cheese. One deckhand reportedly persuaded the pilot of the White Knight to steer a ragged course around the ice floes in pursuit of real or imagined silver foxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going with the Floe | 1/23/1984 | See Source »

...misperception of what the world is really like, what works and what does not work for left-wing liberals have been the master illusionists for years, and their image of the world is as mistaken as any right-wing ideologue's. Reagan has a real opportunity to steer between the wishful thinking of the doves and the vengeful daydreams of the hawks, to introduce more realism into American foreign policy. In fact, he has shown signs of doing precisely that in recent months. The crude attempt by bureaucrats in and out of uniform to censor reality, to manage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Trying to Censor Reality | 11/7/1983 | See Source »

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