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As the bulky youngster rounded second the outfielder straightened up and heaved the ball into the jungle gym beyond third base. There would clearly be no play but Thompson interpreted his coach's agitation to mean that drastic action was necessary. He lowered his shoulder and headed directly for Silverstein...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Different Perspectives on The Summer Game | 6/20/1982 | See Source »

To pull it off, duplicators simply hook a couple of devices called disc drives to their microcomputers, then slip the disc containing the program they covet into one drive and a blank disc into the other. Machines can then read the contents of the programmed disc and write them onto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Pranksters, Pirates and Pen Pals | 5/3/1982 | See Source »

TRANSPORTATION. Before the President arrived, three cargo planes hauled to Barbados three armored limousines for his motorcades, four armored cars for the Secret Service, and four Marine helicopters-one for Reagan, one for the press, and two in case the others broke down. There were spare parts, of course, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trapped in the Imperial Presidency | 4/26/1982 | See Source »

When the President sends his Secretary of State abroad on as urgent a mission as heading off a war, a suitable plane would presumably be available. Not so. Of the five Air Force jets normally kept at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington for long-range VIP missions, two were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flight Delay | 4/19/1982 | See Source »

Two of Sweden's most handsomely crafted exports are the medium-powered Volvo and the high-powered entertainer Ann-Margret, 40. Volvo is the Latin word for roll. Ann-Margret, on the other hand, increasingly stands for rock. If there were any doubt, the strawberry-blond performer from Valsj...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 29, 1982 | 3/29/1982 | See Source »

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