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...example, he rearranged his schedule so that I could drop off a chapter with him in the evenings, and pick it up the next morning at 9 a.m. with his comments. I felt like my crudely drawn icon had been labored on overnight by an ego-less angel liberal with light and gold-leaf...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Under-Appreciated | 4/26/1980 | See Source »

...Kelly's Angel," as the odd-looking plane was called by its pilots, was up to the task. Flying from bases in Turkey and Pakistan, U-2s crisscrossed the Soviet Union with impunity from 1956 to 1960. Though the Kremlin was aware of the spy flights, it issued no public protests; to do so would have amounted to an embarrassing admission that the Soviets could not protect their own airspace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Spying from on High | 4/7/1980 | See Source »

...have been the case at the city's Sunrise Hospital last week, where some overnight nurses and aides apparently placed bets on when terminally ill patients in their ten-bed intensive care unit would die. According to the Las Vegas newspapers, one nurse, known as "Death's Angel," pulled plugs on the life support systems of as many as six patients. Rather than protest her actions, some co-workers apparently treated the deaths as an opportunity for wagering. The bizarre game came to light when another nurse overheard comments in the cafeteria about "Death's Angel." David...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Capsules, Mar. 24, 1980 | 3/24/1980 | See Source »

...Angel Leon, South House athletic secretary, says he's confident that South will overtake Quincy with strong performances in men's squash and women's tennis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland May Capture Straus Throne | 3/11/1980 | See Source »

...next morning, Sam discovers that she and her black male companion (Earle Hyman) have taken charge, emptying ashtrays and removing glasses. "Who are you?" Sam asks, varying his own line from the night before. "Jo's mother from Dubuque," Worth answers. But she is, it seems, an angel of death, or some other instrument of mercy, who has arrived to relieve Jo of her misery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Night Games | 2/11/1980 | See Source »

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