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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...continue to view with suspicion. Some Vatican officials were worried that the Pope would be jeopardizing his prestige and that of the church by encouraging the hope that Poland's military government could be persuaded to loosen its grip. If John Paul's visit produced no concrete results, they argued, it could leave Poles in a deeper state of gloom than when he arrived. Ever present was the danger that the trip would release so much frustration and rage that neither the state nor the church would be able to contain it. Still, John Paul has gambled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Return of the Native | 6/27/1983 | See Source »

...students at one time or another will come up against something which makes them question whether what's going on at Harvard has anything to do with Education at all. Rigid deadlines and specifications, off-base paper assignments and readings, exams graded without any comments, all contributes to the suspicion that something less than the hallowed Pursuit of Knowledge is transpiring...

Author: By David M. Handelman, | Title: Capital Punishment | 6/6/1983 | See Source »

...congressional ruckus was symptomatic of a rising climate in Washington of suspicion and concern about the Reagan Administration's tactics in dealing with Nicaragua. The Administration has long charged the Sandinista regime with funneling arms to and fomenting revolution in neighboring El Salvador at the behest of Cuba and the Soviet Union. The White House has continuously vowed to halt that activity by any means possible. Among those means has been backing the contras, on the grounds that their function has been to interdict the flow of arms from Nicaragua...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pros, Cons and Contras | 6/6/1983 | See Source »

While other cities went broke, Mayor Bill presided over Denver's boom years, when the skyline sprouted glass-and-steel towers and residents approved some $350 million worth of building projects. Although McNichols was never under suspicion, his administration was beset by scandals and his reputation as a good manager was tarnished by the revelations about his appointees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Another Big-City Black Mayor? | 5/30/1983 | See Source »

...purge against the Communist Party and Soviet diplomats is further evidence of the paranoia that afflicts the Khomeini regime. Ardeshir Asgari, a defected Islamic Guard now living in Spain, maintains that Iran is haunted by internecine savagery and ubiquitous suspicion. The mullahs, he notes, "encourage officers to spy on one another," while forming special squads to eliminate officials suspected of harboring anti-Khomeini sympathies. Moreover, says Asgari, the Khomeini regime is terrified of the Mujahedin guerrillas. Often, he reports, his colleagues would gun down suspected dissidents in the streets, only to discover too late that they were unarmed and apolitical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran: Hatred Without Discrimination Khomeini finds a new scapegoat | 5/16/1983 | See Source »

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