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"It is hard to fight a man, because he is as clever as you are. He has arrows and a spear. He is as tricky as you are. And besides, a person has friends, and if you kill him, his friends can kill you! It is more complicated."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

Working on this week's main cover story about AIDS and the singles scene, Martha Smilgis discovered that many men and women were reluctant to talk about the fact that a casual affair could bring on the deadly virus. "In the bars, it's tricky to ask about AIDS," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Feb. 16, 1987 | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

The first microcopier to be sold in the U.S., the Plus USA brand, appeared last summer, followed a few months later by rivals from Silver Reed and Panasonic. More than 17,000 of the devices have been sold, the majority since November. Though the machines can be tricky to operate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TECHNOLOGY: Have Copier, Will Travel | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

"Mother, father," I said. "We have an awesome responsibility. The once-proud leader of the greatest nation in the free world will be here soon, in our care for four days. Has he not had enough woes? First, the perverse American people voted in a Democratic Senate. Then, those tricky...

Author: By Ariela J. Gross, | Title: Watching the Cradle | 12/3/1986 | See Source »

The tricky part will be to increase manufacturing output by several hundred thousand cars a year without building any more factories. Chrysler remains cautious about undertaking new construction because it still remembers the overcapacity that smothered the company during the crisis years. Instead, Chrysler has been busy renovating old plants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chrysler Thinking Fast and Making Moves | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

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