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President Carter's accomplishments in foreign affairs are striking: he led the nation in returning the Panama Canal, re-establishing relations with China, and in achieving a landmark peace treaty in the Middle East. More recently, he has demonstrated firmness and resolve in dealing with Iran and the Soviet Union...

Author: By Francis H. Straus iii, | Title: A Record of Achievement | 2/26/1980 | See Source »

Bass Player Roger Waters, who writes most of the band's music, has tempered his lyric tantrums somewhat for the new album and has worked up some melodies that are rather more lulling and insinuating than anything Floyd freaks are used to. Spacy and seductive and full of high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Pinkies on the Wing | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

Leslie A. Cornfeld '81, chairman of the Student Assembly, said yesterday, "I've been surprised at the reaction--most people see it as a very unfortunate situation in which anger is tempered by the state of the economy and energy costs."

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: Yet Another Cool Grand | 2/23/1980 | See Source »

Fear succeeds where the Germans do not. One of the myths of battle is that the tempered veteran loses his fear. In Mowat's case, the "Worm That Never Dies" grows stronger with each new holocaust. The change can be read in his progressive perceptions of death. An early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Arms and the Young Man | 2/18/1980 | See Source »

The secret to the society's longevity lies in the simplicity of its message and its diligence in spreading the word. Communists, or their minions, are working to see the "Christian style civilization" buried under Marx's big boot. But Birch Communism has almost nothing to do with Marx; "Communist...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: John Birch Society: Cranky Adolescence | 2/11/1980 | See Source »

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