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Ramming is almost the last alternative to consider. In an ambush the two basic maneuvers are the bootleg and J turns, which students practice for hours. The worst thing is to do nothing. During "confrontation and chase," a sort of midterm exam on wheels, each student jockeys one Malibu around the track, trying to anticipate, and avoid, ambushes by "terrorist" instructors in three other cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In West Virginia: Drive for Life | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

...turn, evading a sudden roadblock, and escapes. When Scott concedes that the move was a "reasonable reaction," the student feels as proud as a small boy the first time he manages to stay up on a two-wheeler. Fear turns into exhilaration. He can hardly wait for the next ambush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In West Virginia: Drive for Life | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

Most of the remaining British forces are taking up new positions in the rolling, sparsely populated countryside along the Irish border, where the I.R.A. is still dangerous. Prove hit teams retreat to remote hiding places between ambush attacks or, lately, between raids on banks in the Irish Republic to fatten depleted coffers. Partly as a result of the bank raids, the Republic has built up its own surveillance of the border region. In early September Prime Minister Charles Haughey's government announced that Dublin will spend $240 million to deploy more helicopters and spotter aircraft, equip special detective teams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTHERN IRELAND: Shifting Targets | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

Somoza is killed in an ambush that Nicaraguans cheer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: Sudden Death in Asunci | 9/29/1980 | See Source »

...African beach defended by the Vichy French, and instead of facing a firefight, they find themselves making allies of these reluctant warriors. They knock out a hidden German gun in Italy and are awarded an alfresco luncheon by the women of the newly liberated town. They survive a German ambush and soon after help to deliver a French woman's baby in the tank they have captured. There is a weird battle in an insane asylum, and the death of a child who has survived years in a concentration camp and then dies when Marvin takes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Belated Victory | 7/21/1980 | See Source »

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