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Allende's most persuasive pages describe the coup that felled her uncle and the terror that followed as it hits all the members of her fictional family, whatever their politics. Hers is an evenhanded account told with much poignancy. Regrettably, however, the novel stumbles to a close when the author...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: From Chile with Magic the House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende | 5/20/1985 | See Source »

But Markowitz, now 35, publicly admitted last week that the shelters were part of a colossal sham that authorities called "the largest tax-fraud case ever prosecuted." In a federal district court in Manhattan, he pleaded guilty to conducting a scheme that enabled about 200 taxpayers to take illegal income...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bogus Shelters for the Stars | 5/6/1985 | See Source »

How is it possible that the country of Bach, Handel and Goethe could also be the country of Himmler and Eichmann? It is a question that has vexed the world for decades. Perhaps a better question is: What other country could it have been? The Germans have long been able...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bach and Handel At the Wall | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

As many as 10 million viewers tune in each Friday evening to public television's Wall Street Week. In one regular segment of the show, Host Louis Rukeyser queries expert guests for stock tips. As it turns out, those analysts may have an unwitting knack for touting losers. According to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investments: Tempest Over Tipsters | 2/4/1985 | See Source »

Disinformation is the term that intelligence analysts give to falsehoods a country disseminates by duping foreign news media. Such campaigns usually depend on a legitimate journalist's unwitting participation. Thus it is often all but impossible, even long after the fact, for a news organization to detect that it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Manipulation | 10/22/1984 | See Source »

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