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...appeared to be neither a serious defeat for the Iranians nor the first round in Tehran's long-threatened offensive, which is expected to begin sometime before March. Rather it seemed to have been an Iranian effort to test Iraqi defenses along the southern front. Nonetheless, the recent Iraqi aerial bombardment may be causing morale problems within Iran. The Khomeini government cannot afford a serious setback on the battlefield, but neither can it afford a widespread civilian reaction against the stalemated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: The Long Shadow of Tehran | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

With a banner reading "Harvard Police--350 Days--No Contract," the policemen's union took advantage of Saturday's Harvard-Yale game crowd to publicize its year-long campaign to renew its contract with the University. The aerial maneuver cost the HUPA an estimated $250, said Vice President of HUPA Jack Parenteau...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Reporter's Notebook | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

...After he had finished skating in Sarajevo, he persuaded the British bobsled team to spin him down the hairpins with them. In England he races a Porsche, and once he hitched a ride in a jet fighter, looping the loops with the Red Arrows, the Royal Air Force's aerial-acrobatics team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sensuality and Ice Magic: Torvill and Dean | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

...best," had all the ingredients for a hit: a brash beefcake hero and a gorgeous, throaty-voiced heroine (Kelly McGillis), a pop-music sound track and MTV-style visual pyrotechnics. But the truly impressive stars of the film are its sleek, roaring fighter jets. Featured in thrilling aerial sequences, they make modern-day dogfights seem like the ultimate video game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pentagon Goes Hollywood | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

...Force loves its F-16 Falcon jet fighter. It is flying 1,225 of the supersonic aircraft, which are efficient in both aerial dogfights and attacking ground targets. An additional 1,299 of the proven planes, built in Fort Worth by General Dynamics, have been bought by 14 nations. So when the Air Force got set to buy 270 more Falcons, who could object...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Top Guns, Handguns and Raw Pork | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

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