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...process that Xerox later used with great success, and then introduced a balky model. Admits Gary: "If you're asking was it a mistake to ship so many copiers before they were really reliable to sell, yes it was a mistake." The company was forced to suspend deliveries until the problems were solved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Colossus That Works | 7/11/1983 | See Source »

...arranged in February. The IMF held up the $411 million payment because Brazil has failed to slow its inflation rate, which has been galloping at an annual pace of about 180%, and has neglected to take other belt-tightening steps. The agency's move led private banks to suspend payment on $633 million in new credits that had been tied to the IMF agreement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil Flirts with Default | 6/13/1983 | See Source »

...eminent champion of racial justice, is rived by internal feuding. The bitter personality clash between Chairman Margaret Bush Wilson and Executive Director Benjamin Hooks took an unexpected twist last week when Wilson bowed to pressure from 2 angry board members and | backed down from her decision to suspend Hooks. Then she, instead, was asked by the board to resign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Protest to Politics | 6/6/1983 | See Source »

...Because the U.S. is behind, and because arms control is partly to blame, the best course would be to suspend bilateral bargaining and concentrate on a unilateral American rearmament. Once the U.S. has re-established equality or, better yet, a "margin of safety, "it can resume talks and negotiate from strength...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing for the Future | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

...sentiment is understandable, but in the view of many nuclear experts, the proposed solution is impractical and unwise. While most freeze resolutions call for measures that are "mutual and verifiable," a comprehensive freeze, almost by definition, would meet neither of those criteria. If the U.S. agreed to suspend all production of new nuclear weapons, then congressional watchdogs, Pentagon whistle blowers and investigative reporters would make sure that the ban was observed. There would be no similar self-policing in the secrecy-shrouded, security-obsessed U.S.S.R. Also, it would be extremely difficult for American intelligence agencies to monitor Soviet compliance with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Freeze No, Deployment Yes | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

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