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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...watch when Henderson, reaching for immortality, apparently won the Series with another homer in the 10th inning of game six, and, with two outs and nobody on, the Sox came--not once but four times--within a micron of taking it all, only to blow it once again...

Author: By Stephen J. Gould, | Title: The Best of Times, Almost | 11/5/1986 | See Source »

...four victims has died, but two are in remission. "In the back of our minds is the question of whether or not we are carriers," says one. "If they can find out what triggered me," she says, "maybe we can protect my children as well as Joe Blow. I just wouldn't want anyone to go through what we went through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Contagious Cancer? | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

...House of Commons was packed and restive as Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe rose to make a statement. Just four hours before, a London criminal court jury had convicted Jordanian Terrorist Nezar Hindawi, 32, of plotting to blow up an El Al jet by using his Irish girlfriend, Ann Murphy, as a human time bomb. Testimony at the trial had strongly implicated Syrian officials, and Howe was expected to issue a stinging denunciation of the Damascus government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism Making the Syrian Connection | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

After the Happy Hacker finally got over the incredible blow dealt to his with-probability-anything-can-be-accurately-simula ted mentality, he decided not to write about 'printing your way to term-paper heaven'. (Tune in next week for that.) Meanwhile, the Happy Hacker feels like digressing about several computer sports programs that reflect reality better than the aforementioned World Series. On TV, a game is just a game, but on your computer screen, it can truly be an adventure...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: If Only the Series Were a Simulation ... | 10/29/1986 | See Source »

...Aviv, meanwhile, an Israeli expert on Syria said Hindawi was under orders from Syrian air force intelligence chief Gen. Mohammed el-Khouli to blow up the Israeli El Al plane. El-Khouli reports to Syrian President Hafez Assad...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Newspaper: Syria Had Agents in Britain | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

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