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By JONATHAN ALBURGERFaux pas and bombs shook-up and scarred an already unstable world

in 1983. It was a year of lows — some sporadic highs — but mostly lows.

Terrorism left hot spots around the Middle East: Kuwait and Beirut were shrouded in smoke and terror as the United States Embassy was demolished in the former and both our Embassy (April 18, 63 killed) and our marine compound (239 dead) were leveled in the latter. The French also suffered fatalities when their Beirut barracks were bombed October 23, killing 58 persons.

The U.S. forces suffered 19 mortalities and 145 woundings during the controversial late October invasion of Grenada. Benigno Aquino of the Philippines was assassinated August 21, an act which forced Reagan to cancel his plans to visit the nation ushered Ferdinand Marcos into his' 19th year of rule among disquiet.

Protest and outrage: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 became the most talked about tragedy for over a month when a Soviet launched air-to- air missile shot down the passenger craft on September 1. Soviet authorities claimed the plane was in their airspace and resembled a spy plane. The story kept changing, as evidence both deepened and confused the event. Whatever the story, all 269 passengers died.

While tensions mounted over the combustible issue of nuclear arms, 200,000 West Germans marched while their leaders accepted the United States’ plans to install 9 Pershing II missile silos in German soil;Russia walked out of arms reduction talks in Geneva. With media- manufactured publicity, The Day After captured an audience in excess of 100 million persons.

By early December, it was clear that 1983 would will a bloody and unsettled international scenario to 1984.

While U.S. involvement in Lebanon deepened and the New Jersey’s fire power was felt in that small corner of the world, other, less disastrous wars were being waged across the globe:

The Mexican Fruit Fly met malathion — as did thousands of California residents who were told the chemical was safe to humans.El Nino blew angry gusts of ill-humored clouds.traft^continentally,' ZjJ" disrupting life and altering normal weather patterns. Margaret Thatcher toured the aftermath ground of the Falkland Islands January 8-12. The prime minister was later reinstated for another five years of leadership. Scientists and government officials finally recognized the epidemic potential of AIDS, while the general public became in­creasingly — and often unnecessarily — angry, confused and frightened.

The Yankees defeated the Red Sox in a dramatic no-hitter. Baltimore won the World Series. The United States lost the America’s Cup to Australia.

MASH aired its final episode Feb. 28 before an estimated 125 million fans. Arriving in time to catch Hawkeye’s farewell, Britain's Queen Elizabeth toured the West Coast from Feb. 26 through March 7, stop­

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ping over in Santa Barbara for a rendezvous with Reagan and a courthouse visit.

Other famous, much publicized tours included Pope John Paul’s sojourns to South America in March, receiving mixed receptions, and to Poland in June. Reagan hopped about Japan and Korea Nov. 10-14.

But while Ronnie may have scored points abroad, his home-base experienced a few blows: during the summer of ’83, Reagan’s advisors admitted they had prepared him for his 1980 debate with Jimmy Carter using a stolen campaign briefing book; and James Watt lost his job over, “ I have a black, I have a woman, two Jews, and a cripple. And we have talent.” .

In other sporting events, the Washington Redskins won the Super­bowl. Indefatigable Larry Flynt got busted for not cooperating — and for wearing the U.S. flag as a diaper. Ronnie Jr. quit the ballet.

Sally Ride (on Friday Magazine cover) became the first American woman to be put in orbit.

Lech Walesa won the Nobel Peace Prize Oct. 5 and Gjnny Float was acquitted of murder Nov. 16.

Chicago elected the city’s first black mayor. Vanessa Williams became the first black titleholder of Miss America. And Jesse Jackson said he’s running for president.

Anorexia, alcoholism, and cocaine captured national attention throughout the year; expensive detox programs and stricter drinking driver laws sprang up to tackle substance abuse.

Dick and Liz bombed in Private Lives, and Taylor checked herself into the Betty Ford Center to combat addiction to alcohol and prescription drugs.

Karen Carpenter, David Niven, Tennessee Williams, Eubie Blake, and Ira Gershwin left us.

On the lighter side, Gandhi won the Best Picture Oscar, Return of the Jedi landed, and Terms of Endearment boosted Kleenex sales. Michael Jackson and David Bowie sold millions of albums and movie tickets. Joan Rivers became Johnny Carson’s chain apparent. “ Break” dancing hit the streets. ......

Rip,'tear, torn": the'beatefFtip look was a fashion industry bonanza — and Flashdance was a. huge sleeper b it -

Radical hair styles (mohawks and multi-color tints) were hard to overlook. Encino became a cultural phenomenon. And “ punk” became a popular attitude.

Croissants and imported mineral waters indicated sophistication.But it was December’s gift-giving spirit that unified families and

loved ones, and gave commerce a big shot in the arm. Jewelry sales were up, grown-ups stood in lines for hours to get little precious a cabbage patch kid, and America warmed its feet with floppy-eared bunny slippers.

Only one thing seems certain as we careen into 1984, a bit poorer and dazed from the tumultuous ride through 1983: unresolved loose ends indicate that this new year holds in store... more of the same.

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Looking Lightly At 1983: A World Turned Upside-DownGet outta here, 1983! Quit

hanging aroung like the last drunken guest at a party that ended three hours ago.

Everybody keeps looking back at the past 12 months and picking out the Top 10 of one thing or another, dragging up the memories of things we’d all rather forget, looking for significance in all manner of events from movies to music to the national economy.

I mean, who cares? I say leave it to the historians of the next century to pick out those things of global im­portance, the ones that permanently altered the course of human destiny. 1984 threatens to pass by while we dawdle here, sifting through the cold ashes of the past 12 months, looking for something of worth, of lasting value.

After all, what events should one choose as being characteristic of 1983? The U.S. launched its first woman and black astronauts into space. The Soviets shot down a civilian airliner. More than 200 Americans died in a bomb blast in Beirut. Sextuplets were boni to a woman in Belgium.

Life continues to be as mysterious as ever.

A lot of people lost their jobs. Some got them back. Crazed parents trampled each other trying to buy stuffed toys in December, while others lined up in the cold outside soup kitchens. A presidential spokesman cheating the government.

This no doubt came as surprising news to those trying to support four children on $250 a month.

The entertainment world remained as entertaining as ever, not always for the reasons those in the industry intended. In a movie that made bundles of money for someone, a young actress who can’t dance played a young welder who can. As thousands of unemployed steelworkers looked on in disbelief, she made torn sweatshirts and legwarmers items of fashion, thus depleting the nation’s supply of rags with which to wash its cars.

A skinny, underdeveloped kid with a high voice singlehandedly revived the moribund pop record in­dustry, but I ’ll bet there aren’t 10 people in the country who understood the lyrics to “ Billie Jean” the first time they heard it.

A new trend in creative television programming started. In a miracle that rivals that of the loaves and the f is h e s , som eon e discovered that people would watch outtakes from the taping of network shows, then that they would also watch outtakes from the taping of commercials, and finally that they would watch bloopers caught during the taping of the show about bloopers committed during the taping of commercials. Since the final product is being aired on commercial television, every five minutes of bloopers caught during the taping of a show about bloopers committed during the filming of com­mercials is followed by three minutes of real com­mercials. Someday, these too will become fodder for another “ TV Bloopers” show.

The only human being visibly involved in these productions is Ed McMahon, who would gleefully sell his

mother to the highest bidder.A lot of strange things

happened to the weather last year, and for once there was nobody to blame. California got sea turtles, dolphins and little red crabs on its beaches, while the rest of the country got floods and blizzards.

Scientists say this is due to a volcanic eruption in Mexico that most of us didn’t even hear about.

So what does this all add up to? Nothing special, really. When approached from a global perspective, 1983 was no more tragic, joyous, awe-inspiring or banal than any other year. It’s a lot more instructive to look at life on a personal level if one isists on drawing

By JOHN KRIST

lessons from experience.For example: In 1983,1 got

married, left school and embarked on a career as a professional journalist, developed a fondness for detective novels and became a commuter.

I discovered that although none of the classes I took in college specifically prepared me to earn a living, I use a little bit of what I learned in many of them every day.

I learned that living with someone you care about beats the hell out of living alone.

I finally gained an un­derstanding of the concept of

“ d isposable in com e,’ ’ something that bothered me e v e r s in ce I took macroeconomics seven years ago as a college freshman.

Simply put, it’s that 60 percent of your income that inexplicably disappears between one payday and the next, bqt which doesn’t seem to go for essentials like rent and food.

A year in which one learns that much can’t be all bad.

What we really need is a single word to capture the flavor of 1983 and allow us to finally and completely dismiss it from thought,-

something pithy and suc­cinct like “ plastics.” The closest I could come was “ toxic waste,” and that doesn’t exactly leave you dancing in the streets. Perhaps I ’m just unduly pessimistic, sitting here at the end of another year, surveying the ruins of so much that was planned and trying to weigh that against the beauty of much that was accomplished.

Given a choice between pinpointing my present position in The Overall Scheme of Things and sitting down with a beer in hand to watch the Superbowl, I guess I ’d rather be sucking suds.

Not because I ’m unhappy, or because I fear that the human race is quickly

burrowing its way into a cosmic rat hole, but because I ’d rather just enjoy or fear things as they come. 1983 is gone, for better or worse, and the new year is going about its business. We owe it to ourselves to simply dive in head first and hope the water is deep enough.

So cut that last beery chorus of “ Auld Lang Syne” short. You’ve all got work to do, the best kind of job anyone can hope to get.

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may be that the proverbial 1984 began when they ended. Most of man’s days have heen so consigned to relative anonymity by a short public memory. Before the concerns of a new Gregorian cycle eclipse those of its predecessor, the year that just ended deserves an accounting.

Of all the political developments in 1983, new hostilities in the Middle East were the most troubling. Tragedy was a password in the region, as three truck bombings — two of them against U.S. embassies in Beirut and Kuwait — took American lives and shook American prestige. The worst destroyed the Marine headquarters at Beirut Aiport, killing 241 marines. By December, administration policy in Lebanon was under serious criticism. Although President Reagan ultimately accepted responsibility when security precautions at the airport failed to prevent the bombing, the questions continued.

If the use of American power in Lebanon was debatable, its use in Grenada less than a week after the airport bombing was not. Americans favored the October mission against Cuban machinations on the Caribbean island by more than 2 to 1. Claiming first that American medical students on the island were in need of rescue following a coup against Grenada’s Marxist prime minister, President Reagan ordered 1,500 troops to the tiny nation to evict Cuban technicians and diplomats, just one week after the Lebanon bombing. Within days, hand-picked governing council was in charge.

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Detente suffered further when the Soviets walked away from arms negotiations in Geneva as deployment of cruise and Pershing II Euromissiles began. Through it all, Soviet President Yuri V. Andropov — named along with President Reagan as one of Time magazine’s Men of the Year — was out sick, encouraging speculation that he is dying.

As hope for a new rapprochement with the Soviet Union faded, so did general optimism that nuclear war could be avoided. Fear of nuclear war held sway again as it did in the 1950s.The Day After, televsion’s contribution to the nuclear debate, was watched by millions of viewers in November.

Eight Democrats told the country last year that they would like to be President, and Ted Kennedy declined.At year’s end, polls showed liberal Walter Mondale winning the ideological battle for the nomination against moderate John Glenn. Jesse Jackson entered the race, claiming the leadership of a “ rainbow coaliton” of women, minorities and the disadvantaged. George McGovern, the Democrats’ choice in 1972, declared his candidacy, joining ranks which included senators from California, Colorado and North Carolina, as well as a former Florida governor.

Ronald Reagan neither declared nor declined in 1983. Will he run again? His problems over the year were many, his economic victories equally numerous. Inflation dropped to about three percent, interest rates to 12 percent, unemployment to 8.5 percent. Among these downs was an apparently irreversible up, as the federal budget deficit climbed to over $200 billion.

In its third year, the once-conservative Reagan administration continued a gradual moderation, egged on by the miscalculations of key advisors. Sacrificed were Environmental Protection Agency administrator Anne Gorsuch-Burford, Interior Secretary James Watt and EPA Superfund director Rita M. Lavelle, later convicted of contempt of Congress. In December, as hundreds stood in soup lines nationwide, presidential counselor Edwin Meese III made the egregious remark that the nation’s hungry were simply the nation’s freeloading. But if his personnel proved dim, the overall Reagan outlook appeared very bright indeed.

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bings,Departures And GaffesOld Democrats and new Republicans clashed in May when allegations were made that then-

President Jimmy Carter’s briefing book for the 1980 debate had been pilfered by aides of opposing candidate Ronald Reagan. Environmentalists clashed with Secretary Watt, whose resignation in October came after another of his notorious gaffes. One of the great Democrats was honored twenty years after his assassination, yet the commemoration of President John F. Kennedy’s death left the importance of his thousand days an enduring enigma.

When the press complained of exclusion during the Grenada invasion, media critics took their cue. The Great Media Drubbing began with a debate about First Amendment rights and ended in general scapegoating. The not-surprising verdict was that the media’s Watergate-bred and public- supported edifice of moral rectitude has at last crumbled to reveal a faulty institution that is nonetheless free and necessary.

Freedom itself remained crumbled in Poland. Martial law was lifted there in February with the Solidarity labor union still outlawed. Lech Walesa, its now quiescent leader, won the Nobel Peace Prize in October. In South Africa, a new constitution granting more political rights to the minority-white- ruled majority was approved without immediate import. Democracy showed up again in Argentina

with the election of Raul Alfonsin, that country’s first civilian president in eight years. In Great Britain, Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was reelected, while in England’s former colony, Burma, fourteen of South Korea’s leading officials were killed in a bombing only days before President Reagan’s trip to Japan. And in the Phillippines, returning opposition leader Benigno Aquino was assassinated upon his arrival from the U.S., fueling widespread rioting on those islands against the regime of dictator General Ferdinand Marcos.

Meanwhile, Great Britain came stateside when Queen Elizabeth II toured the West Coast in March. She stopped in San Diego, Los Angeles,Santa Barbara and San Francisco. Her tour, cheered by most California residents, was dampened by persistent rain. Undaunted, the queen and her entourage met with the Reagans at the Western White House.

Although test results showed U.S. students falling behind those of other industrial nations in science and math ability, the most scientific of achievements soared far ahead. The space shuttle completed its ninth mission in 1983, preceded by trips skyward with the first woman astronaut and later with the first black astronaut. Another space vehicle was not so suc­cessful: Cosmos 1402, a Soviet satellite, malfunctioned and, over one anxious week in January, came tumbling to Earth in northern Canada.

Medical science marked a tremendous milestone with the implant in May of an artificial heart in retired dentist Barney Clark. Clark died 114 days later, but the advances made possible by Clark’s doctors remained.

There were other losses, other gains. Henry Fonda left the big silver screen, M*A*S*H the little one. Martha Layne Collins was elected Kentucky’s

first woman governor, Harold Washington Chicago’s first black mayor. The Baltimore Orioles won the World Series, the Washington Redskins the Super Bowl and North Carolina State the NCAA Championship.

Perhaps the greatest significance of 1983 is that it brought us to another year. For another year, the United States remained at peace, its potentially overwhelming problems at hay. As individuals and as a nation, we undoubtedly grew in 1983. Since we cannot fully appreciate what we are today if we do not know what we were and how evolved to the present state, looking back is well worth it.

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1983 is gone, kapoot, finito. No new year is complete without a rash of articles, commentary and speculation about the year just past. Events and personalities inevitably get labeled according to category and popularity. And everyone would have you believe there is some kind of moral or ethical “ good and bad,” “ right and wrong” attachment to their judgements. But judgements are really only relative opinions. Everyone’s a critic.

In keeping with this tradition, we at FRIDAY magazine conducted a survey about people and issues in the news in 1983 and nearly 200 people in P ro fe sso r C. W arren Hollister’s History 4B class responded Wednesday.Below are the topics, along with the “ results” and some specific comments extracted from selected surveys.

Anti-U.S. bombings in Beirut: The most common response to the destruction of the U.S. Embassy and the marine compound in Beirut was “ a tragedy.” But, who to blame for the tragedy was a bone of contention. Some surveyed thought that the bombings, though horrible, were what we deserved forbeing in Beirut in the first place. One respondent said, “ It’s a civil war and we have taken a side. What else should be expected?” Another said it “ serves us right for being there” and called the presence of U.S. forces in Beirut, “ Reagan’s biggest error.”

Others thought the security, or lack of it, at the embassy and the marine compound led to the tragedy, though one person suggested that finding fault “ is really beating a dead horse.”

U.S. Invasion of Grenada: Response to this skirmish whs suprisingly positive, seen as “ a necessary move to escue (sic) Americans in distress” and “ a timely move to block the spread of communism.” A freshman wrote, “ The U.S. invaded a country and the invaded country was happy. How can you argue with that?” Barring of the press did not seem to bother many survey-takers either. “ I agree with censorship of the press,” one senior said. “ Their presence usually does more harm than good for all concerned.”

A smaller group saw the invasion as mere imperialistic

meddling. One woman called the invasion “ Reagan’s desperate attempt to prove his strength .„ and supposed all- powerful control. A miserable failure.” To another, Grenada was “ another example of Reagan’s neo­imperialism and paranoia concerning an imminent com­munist take-over.”

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fortunate. “ A sickening testing ground of Soviet readiness by U.S. interests,” wrote one person.

While a number of students were alarmed by the nuclear arms race, saying it must be stopped, some felt the power of the Soviets must be kept in check.

A majority thought Andropov’s disappearance “ due to illness” was mysterious and probably indicated a Soviet manipulation of some kind, while a few believed hard and fast that the Soviet president is dead.

An overwhelming lack of recognition was evident by the blanks and question marks next to the Pershing II missiles entry; those who answered were roughly split, with just a few more favoring abandoning the installment of missiles in West Germany. “ More wasted money,” was one response. Another read: “ A necessary deployment to show the Russians we mean business in protecting ourselves and our allies. We will no longer allow Russian expansionism.”

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Recreational Reading in *83The Pointless And The Tacky

By JONATHAN ALBURGER

While serious stories were filling newspapers in 1983, American adults turned to fluff books for escape, and high on the best-selling reading list were two amusing, if rather dispen­sable, paperbacks written (co m p iled ) by sm art schemers.

Blanche Knott and Tom Parker are representative of many authors/editors who capitalized on an old methodology: have someone else do your work while you couht the money. Truly Tasteless Jokes Two and Rules of Thumb are the end products: bound con­tributions from the authors’ national solicitations for other persons’ recipe- wisdom and dirty party favors.

America loves to laugh and every grown-up delights once in a while in telling and hearing obnoxious — rude, crude and lude — jokes. Joan Rivers is making millions at it. Truly Tasteless Jokes Two is even filthier than the previous year’s Truly Tasteless Jokes compilation. It’s the type of book that you have to be careful about exposing, as some punches toward blacks and other ethnic proups are quite offensive (and then there are the raunchy

' anatomy selections which are strictly, indefensably rated “ X ” ). Nonetheless, it’s a no-holds-barred time-killer' worth having around — just look over your shoulder before you start to laugh, for each joke is certain to offend somebody. Some of the more printable jokes include:

Why do Italian men have mustaches? So they can look like their mothers.

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man who couldn’t spell? He spent the night in a warehouse.

You know what’s next door to the Joan Crawford D a y c a r e Ce n t e rinHollywood? The Grace Kelly Driving School.

What’s the definition of mixed emotions? When you see your mother-in-law backing off a cliff in your brand new Mercedes.

Like many of these jokes. Rules of Thumb is the type of novelty book that is only worth reading once — glossingly. Many of the snippets — collected from a broad range of submissions written on everything from napkins to airline barf bags ® are pointlessly so- whatish. Too few achieve the humor and wit necessary to maintain bouyancy, seeming like one of the more desparate moments of the David Letterman show.

For capturing pythons, anacondas, boas and other large constrictors, it is wise to have one person for every four or five feet of snake.

Up to 25 percent of the guests at a university dinner party can come from the economics department without spoiling the con­versation.

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but while most deemed it unnecessary, a few valued its implementation. Some thoughts included: “ We need those young men to go invade all the other islands,” and, “ It is the most assanine thing we humans have yet to invent.”

Reagan was a common answer in both the most im­pressive and the most disturbing catagories, although he came in second to “ no one” for the most impressive title. Jesse Jackson, Pope John Paul and Lech Walesa also made the most impressive list. James Watt and Jesse Jackson were popular among the unpopulars.

Approximately 43 percent responded negatively, 31 percent positively, nine percent mixed and 17 percent did not respond to the entry of Jesse Jackson: “ Being from Chicago, I ’ve seen him at work, he was and still is and always will be a preacher.” — “ He scares me. If he gets elected, óur country will go to hell. Welfare and social programs will greatly damage this country’s economy. Look at the past.” — “ Plus for blacks, the beginning of a more recognized future and civil rights.” — “ Good diplomat.” — “ More power to him.” — “ An insult to the negro society because he will go down in history as the first black running for pres.” — “ Proof of the power of diplomacy over guns. ”

Unanimous applause was given to James Watt losing his position.

Most thought Pope John Paul’s global activism was pointless or merely a nice idea : “ Spreading peace is a nice thought, but may not work.” — “ The true nature of the papacy emerges, it is essential to world survival.” — “ Maybe someone will listen.”

Queen Elizabeth I I ’s visit to the West Coast drew apathetic comments, mostly “ wet” and “ who cares.” But, a few had a little more to say: “ A social scene for thè Reagan millionaire club.” — “ Who cares, the British are wasting a lot of money to keep their monarchy alive.”

Margaret Thatcher’s reinstatement was another big no response question (47 percent), although 33 percent looked on with favor and five percent were negative. “ I ’m glad. England needs a strong conservative leader so the country doesn’t fall socialist like France.” — “ Even more dangerous than Reagan. ”

“ I ’m glad there’s finally a black Miss America” and “ she’s pretty” were general comments about Vanessa Williams, although six to one did not even know who she was. Sally Ride also failed to have immediacy of

recognition. Many felt people and the press made,a “ big deal over nothing. Women have been equal for years.” Other comments included, “ You’ve come a long way baby.”

A c q u i r e d Im mune Deficiency Syndrome was the target of some anti-gay sentiment, but most people felt it was a pressing issue that all of society should be concerned .about and more research sould be un­dertaken immediately.

“ I ’ve wondered many times why the young women of the ’80s are impelled to dress themselves up like 3

. yr. olds in frilly pink mini skirts and plastic shoes and with ribbons in their hair. I ’m a young woman of the ’80s who finds it ridiculous,” one person commented about fads of the year. Ove rwhe lm ing ly , torn “ Flashdance” sweatshirts won this dubious distinction, but leg warmers and punk haircuts placed and showed. Cabbage Patch Dolls were named “ gimmick” of the year, followed by plastic clothes.

The most popular movie of the year was The Right Stuff. Number two was The Big Chill, followed by Terms ' of Endearment, Scarface and Rumblefish.

Michael Jackson and “ Thriller” far outdistanced the next most popular pick of the year in music, the Police, and David Bowie was close behind Sting. Some gender confusion was evident when one person, perhaps quite purposely, wrote, “ Michelle Jackson” .

Higher fees within the U.C. system during 1983 drew strong emotional responses, and one person summed it all up rather well, “ Yo, I don’t know that dude, can he ride the tube?”

And so 1983 — like the surfer’s sun —- set against the swells and waves of a gnarly 12 months.