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There is, of curse, a graphic and unpleasant response to that question, but a polite student with no career plans has only two ways to answer: the gong way ("I'm planning to parlay it into a billiondollar rubber empire in the South American jungle") or the honest way--"I...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: Job Hunting | 10/18/1982 | See Source »

It was a heated discussion, unpleasant and repetitive. I stood up for him to leave, and accused him of being willing to give up peace with his only formidable enemy, free trade and diplomatic recognition from Egypt, unimpeded access to international waterways, Arab acceptance of an undivided Jerusalem, permanent security...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping Faith | 10/11/1982 | See Source »

There was no prospect for success if Begin and Sadat stayed apart; and their meetings had now become fruitless because the two men were too personally incompatible to compromise on the issues facing them. There was only one thing to do, as dismal and unpleasant as the prospect seemed: I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping Faith | 10/11/1982 | See Source »

In your review "Blood Relatives" [Aug. 9] you say that our brother Alexander Pasternak was a member of Stalin's secret police, the Cheka. As an architect who designed one lock of the Moscow-Volga Canal. Alexander was employed by the Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD) in 1936. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 4, 1982 | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

It is cheaper and much more effective to prevent a crime than to deal with the unpleasant aftermath. Although no security system is foolproof, we must anticipate the possibility of attacks. At the present time we may be battling only the , symptoms instead of the disease. But thus far, it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 27, 1982 | 9/27/1982 | See Source »

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