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Freeman Dyson's Weapons and Hope does not answer all the problems raised by nuclear weapons, but neither is it simply another eloquent discussion of the horrifying situation the world is in. Though it is beautifully written (and many similar studies are not), it is also one of the best...

Author: By Simon J. Frankel, | Title: Stepping Back From the Brink | 4/25/1984 | See Source »

Proponents of the system argue that a state adoption agency's handling of an unwanted child often proves far more inhuman. Bureaucratic stalls and inefficiency can condemn a baby to foster homes and state institutions until the infant has outgrown any chance for placement with a family. Says Family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newborn Fever | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

Legal scholars feared that the ruling might give apparently healthy companies bottom-line reasons to use the bankruptcy law as an escape hatch from high-priced labor agreements. Indeed, when Continental Air Lines and Wilson Foods Corp. filed for bankruptcy last year, they were accused of trying to rid themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bankruptcy as an Escape Hatch | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

But unless the alliance clarifies the purpose of these missiles, the accomplishment is likely to be transitory, since the basic European attitude toward the missiles is that of a host toward a now unwanted guest whose invitation to dinner it would be too awkward to withdraw. Some prominent Europeans purport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Plan to Reshape NATO | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

In most countries, believers in the Baha'i faith are looked upon as model citizens. Their religion places great stress on industriousness, peacefulness and obedience to the law. In Iran, however, Baha'is are not only unwanted but actively persecuted. Since the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini came to power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Slow Death for Iran's Baha'is | 2/20/1984 | See Source »

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