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...quest in 1976 was damaged when he suggested vaguely, without proper research and consideration, that $90 billion in federal programs should be turned back to the states. He then spent months explaining that the affected programs would not be eliminated, only transferred. As Governor, Reagan was outraged by student unrest and once proclaimed: "The state of California has no business subsidizing intellectual curiosity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: But Can Reagan Be Elected? | 3/31/1980 | See Source »

...first time, Moscow publicly acknowledged that all was not well. Pravda admitted on its front page that Kabul was beset by "unrest" and "insurgency." In the frankest admission of all, the official news agency TASS indicated that the Karmal government was in disfavor with a large part of the population. Another surprising admission was attributed by the Italian magazine Panorama to a Soviet general identified as Mikhail Kirian. He publicly conceded that "in the Afghan army, there have been deser tions," and that "the Afghans will have to work hard to put the army in order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFGHANISTAN: A Taunt: Kill Us! Kill Us! | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

...settlement of the Zimbabwe-Rhodesian conflict may facilitate the settlement of the political unrest in Nambia, McHenry added

Author: By Esme C. Murphy, | Title: McHenry Discusses U.N. Controversy | 3/7/1980 | See Source »

...have won a greats victory. We have shown the Russians what the Afghan people think of them." So said a belligerent Kabul merchant, exulting over the mass anti-Soviet protests that rocked the Afghan capital last week, The unrest was reported to have spread to six provinces, from Kandahar in the south to Baghlan in the north, and the Soviets were facing the most serious challenge to their two-month-old occupation of Afghanistan, which has brought them worldwide condemnation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFGHANISTAN: Deeper into the Quagmire | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

Iran's revolution enters a new, secular phase as Ayatullah Khomeini and the mullahs are pushed aside. There is a power struggle-possibly even civil war-between various factions. Leftists, perhaps self-avowed Marxists, come out on top, but the unrest continues. Separatist Kurds stir up more trouble than ever from bases in Iraq and in NATO ally Turkey. Muslim militants declare a holy war on the godless Marxists and take to the hills. An embattled government in Tehran appeals to Moscow for help, and the Soviet Union accuses NATO of interfering in Iran's internal affairs. Authorities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOVIET UNION: Proximity and Self-Interest | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

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