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Though Fahd's views are tinged with superstition -- he follows the advice of astrologers -- he keeps the Koran at his bedside. He suffers from diabetes, back trouble, a weakness of the heart and shortness of breath, but still chain-smokes Marlboros. He has tried repeatedly, with varying success, to lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: An Exquisite Balancing Act | 9/24/1990 | See Source »

When they arrive this week, the U.S. sailors are likely to be more impressed by the natural beauty of the surroundings than by the Soviet naval power on display in the harbor. There at her moorings is the Minsk, a helicopter carrier of a class that sent the Pentagon into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: America Abroad: Welcome to Yeltsin Country | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

Probably half his output ended up in U.S. collections. Yet today, if he is not quite a forgotten artist in America, De Stael is without doubt a grievously neglected one. His music went out of fashion: the suave, reflective, at times slightly too decorative appeal to the senses inherited from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: A Lyrical Colorist Rediscovered | 7/23/1990 | See Source »

The weakness has caused many companies to put away their help-wanted signs. U.S. firms created only 660,000 new jobs in the first half of the year, a 50% drop from the first six months of 1989. The dearth of new positions was matched by a corresponding decline in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Needed: More Get Up and Go | 7/23/1990 | See Source »

A. It is way too early to condemn the U.S. to doom. We are dealing from strength, not weakness. We are still the most productive country in the whole world, in part because we are efficient in other things like distribution, marketing and all the services we have that are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WILLIAM BROCK: Will Americans Work For $5 a Day? | 7/23/1990 | See Source »

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