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...game made popular in Nicaragua by U.S. Marines in the early part of the century, to explain what he feels needs to happen. "What do you do when a pitcher is getting hit out of the ball park?" he asks. "You change him and try someone with a fresh arm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua A Town That Peace Forgot | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

...College rents all annex housing apartmentsfrom Harvard Real Estate (HRE), Harvard's propertymanagement arm, but the HRE bill to the Collegefor apartments at 18 Bank St.--unlike the chargesfor those in Peabody Terrace and the BotanicGardens--does not include heat and electricity...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Offers of Annex Housing Final | 4/29/1988 | See Source »

...encouraging or supporting rebellious activities" -- wording that was clearly aimed at stopping the flow of U.S. weaponry through Pakistan to the mujahedin, the Afghan resistance forces. That provision has been a source of contention between the superpowers for many weeks. The Soviets refused to cut off their arms supplies to President Najibullah, the leader Moscow installed in Kabul in 1986. Washington insisted on "symmetry," the right to arm the mujahedin as long as Moscow helped Kabul, and two weeks ago Moscow grudgingly agreed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan Homeward Bound at Last | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...know who killed him, but I do not regret the fact that someone did it," said a government official. "After all he did to us, he deserved it." A founding member of Fatah, al-Wazir was second only to Arafat in the military arm of the P.L.O. He dispatched the first Fatah squad in 1965 to sabotage Israel's main water project, and has been in charge of planning and coordinating military operations inside Israel since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Gunned Down in Tunis | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...Yeah, arm ain't bothering...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: You Seldom Whiff in Whiffle Ball | 4/23/1988 | See Source »

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