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With his uncanny knack for conveying a sense of some simpler, lovelier, bygone American age, Reagan has encouraged the notion that happy days are here again. "Reagan is our past speaking to us," says Political Historian Garry Wills, "and we want to remember with him." Furthermore, as Britain's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Upbeat Mood | 9/24/1984 | See Source »

PROKOFIEV: No. 5 (St. Louis Symphony, Leonard Slatkin, conductor; RCA). Prokofiev's most popular symphony requires an accomplished orchestra with strings and woodwinds able to negotiate the Russian's tricky, sassy writing, as well as a brass section prepared to blast away with dignity when the time comes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Obscure Bits and Greatest Hits | 9/17/1984 | See Source »

There are also tricky questions posed by the financing of the new technology. Dr. John Buster of the UCLA School of Medicine has been working since 1979 to develop a technique of embryo transplants for women who are unable to conceive but able to carry a child to term. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Legal, Moral, Social Nightmare | 9/10/1984 | See Source »

There is also a possibility that China's post-1997 control of Hong Kong's bustling international airport will involve complicated renegotiations of landing rights with many countries, including Taiwan. Observed a British official in Peking: "There are still some pretty tricky issues to be resolved, and unless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hong Kong: Making a Deal for 1997 | 8/13/1984 | See Source »

The President was forced early in his news conference to deal with an item left over from the Democratic Convention, namely Mondale's bold assertion that any Chief Executive, including Reagan, will be forced to raise taxes in 1985. The issue was tricky for Reagan not only because of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gipper Strikes Back | 8/6/1984 | See Source »

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