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...Shultz was designated to lead the U.S. delegation to the funeral. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who spoke with Mrs. Gandhi regularly by telephone, declared, "India has been robbed of a leader of incomparable courage, vision and humanity. For my part, I shall feel greatly the loss of a wise colleague and a personal friend." Pope John Paul II said that her death provoked "universal horror and dismay." In Moscow, which has had consistently friendly relations with Mrs. Gandhi over the years, General Secretary Konstantin Chernenko praised her as "a fiery fighter for peace" and "a great friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indira Gandhi: Death in the Garden | 11/12/1984 | See Source »

Reagan: Walter, Walter, Walter, even I know that wouldn't be a wise move. What about the press? If something like this leaked out we could be in deep trouble...

Author: By Charles C. Matthews, | Title: Strange Bedfellows | 11/9/1984 | See Source »

...world is a wormy place in the seven satiric novels of A.N. Wilson. The deadly sins flourish there, as do those lapses of character and taste that can turn a serious life into a pathetic farce. At 34, this precociously wise and productive British writer has pierced the intimidating exteriors of physicians, clergymen and scholars. Scandal takes on politicians, journalists, prostitutes, thugs, spies, not-so-innocent bystanders and that quaint ideal, the dutiful wife of a public figure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Misanthrope | 11/5/1984 | See Source »

Writing in the government newspaper Izvestia, handball coach Anatoly Yevtushenko said yesterday that Olympic officials should take "concrete, wise steps" to preserve the ideals of the Games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 11/1/1984 | See Source »

...readings translate "Kingdom of God" as "realm of God." God as the familiar "King of Glory" of Psalm 24 becomes the "Glorious Ruler," a phrase that sounds more suitable for the dictator of a banana republic. In Matthew 2, the Three Wise Men seek "the ruler of the Jews" even though Jesus was indisputably a male and the translators later allow Pilate to call him "King of the Jews." In Hebrews 1:3, it is God's "Child," not "Son," who has the power to uphold the universe, which sounds like a weighty responsibility for a juvenile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: More Scriptures Without Sexism | 10/29/1984 | See Source »

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