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For all the affability of Ronald Reagan as a man, Washington journalists consider his a closed presidency. Aides have repeatedly tightened opportunities for reporters to ask Reagan impromptu questions. Ranking officials sometimes pride themselves on being unhelpful, and-in a futile White House attempt to stem unwanted leaks-for a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Midterm Exam | 6/27/1983 | See Source »

Only recently has Buttner abandoned her fears of attracting unwanted sympathy with her success story.

Author: By Andrew S. Doctoroff, | Title: Long Road To Oxford | 6/9/1983 | See Source »

Eleven tugs, like minnows trying to budge a whale, nudged the carrier or pulled with tow lines, but the Enterprise did not move. In a maneuver akin to righting an unbalanced rowboat, the ship's crew was ordered to assemble on the carrier's port side. Their combined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Off Course | 5/9/1983 | See Source »

On a chilly morning in March 1965, a highly unusual gathering took place at Dow Chemical Co.'s headquarters in Midland, Mich. Without any corporate fanfare, Dow scientists met with colleagues from three rival firms, Hooker Chemical, Diamond Alkali and Hercules Powder. On the agenda that day was a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Dioxin Puts Dow on the Spot | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

As chairman of the West German Social Democratic Party, the largest contributor to the organization, Brandt has used his party's bureaucracy and his personal prestige to expand the movement's influence in the Third World. He has got 16 leftist movements and parties, including those of Guatemala...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Socialists: Never at a Loss for Words | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

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