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All those comparisons with Watergate needlessly complicate an understanding of Ronald Reagan's problems. Those who make the comparison usually disavow too specific a parallel (the new scandal involves zealots, not scoundrels, etc.). Yet to invoke Watergate implies the playing out of an old scenario (looking for the smoking gun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Newswatch Thomas Griffith Watergate: a Poor Parallel | 12/29/1986 | See Source »

Not since Slim Pickens rode a rocket to Russia in Dr. Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick's Cold War comedy classic, has a film stared so unabashedly down the throat of Armageddon. But whereas Dr. Strangelove's power stems from the way Kubrick's finger flirts with the Little Red Button, Tarkovsky...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: A Brilliant Sacrifice | 12/5/1986 | See Source »

The new bill also proposes a change in thevehicular homicide rules. Whereas the offensecurrently results in imprisonment from two and onehalf years to 10 years, the new bill stipulates a10-year license revocation for the first vehicularhomicide and a permanent revocation for asubsequent offense.

Author: By Michelle D. Tanenbaum, | Title: House Votes To Stiffen Driving Law | 12/2/1986 | See Source »

Regardless of motive, the NCAA decision can only help the Crimson, which will now have a chance to utilize its flank play to a far greater degree than it could have on turf. In addition, B.U. will be coming off a 15-day layoff--whereas Harvard faces Yale tomorrow in...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Men Booters to Host Terriers | 11/18/1986 | See Source »

The Administration's distress at being caught out in such an improbable and embarrassing situation was evident in the scramble of the White House to put a lid on the rapidly expanding story. Whereas only a few weeks ago the Administration had rallied its forces to defend the President's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. and Iran | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

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