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...occupied, or, if occupied, held for a long stretch of time. In October, 2000 turned out to try; a substantially larger show of force seems unlikely this time. Police and National Guard from around New England met them in numbers large enough to present convincing force. The police arsenal included tear gas, high-pressure hoses, mace, and dogs. More organized, more ruthless, and better equipped even than the most Tom Swiftian of the anti-nukers, they held all the cards, and they only played a few. If the protestors had been more numerous or more successful at any point, police...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Turning the Other Cheek | 5/13/1980 | See Source »

...rack the Cadets' inferior pitchers in the first game and then submit meekly to all-league twirler Craig Jones in the nightcap, the Crimson kept the good-sized Soldiers Field crowd around until the end, finally doing away with Jones using that rarest of of weapons in the Harvard arsenal, the longball...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Crimson Splits and Gains Title Share | 5/12/1980 | See Source »

...week went on, Moscow wasted little time exploiting the growing tensions in the alliance. The Kremlin warned West Europeans not to bow to U.S. pressure in such matters as modernizing NATO's tactical nuclear arsenal and boycotting this summer's Moscow Olympic Games. In Paris, Soviet Ambassador Stepan Chervonenko stated that unless the allies resist, they would be turned into "an instrument for America's global policy" and would allow the U.S. to "attain strategic objectives on the backs of others." When Bonn indicated that it would probably follow the U.S. lead and boycott the Olympics, the Soviet Ambassador...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Storm over the Alliance | 4/28/1980 | See Source »

...cost of the vast U.S. arsenal imposes a greater burden on Americans than on citizens of any other allied country. Last year U.S. defense spending amounted to $510 for each American, compared with $396 for West Germans, $349 for Frenchmen, $314 for Britons and $124 for Italians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Storm over the Alliance | 4/28/1980 | See Source »

...hardball time in network land. For the first time in four seasons, CBS has a real chance at regaining the ratings championship it lost to ABC in early 1976. Since the two networks are now in a dead heat, they are unleashing an arsenal of stunts before the season officially ends April 20. ABC has moved up the annual Academy Award telecast (April 14) to an earlier starting hour, 9 p.m. E.S.T., so that more of that perennial ratings juggernaut will play during prime time. ABC will also rerun the hit movie The Sting on April 20, ahead of schedule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Ratings Gambit | 4/14/1980 | See Source »

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