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...interview with Kvallposten, a newspaper in Maimo, Sweden, Borg said he had decided to cancel his comeback after a layoff of some one-and-a-half years from tournament competition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Borg Announces Retirement | 1/24/1983 | See Source »

...still rise by more than 14% above the current fiscal year) and wrongly focused. Hawks and doves joined in the worry that scrapping the pay increase would endanger the ability of the military forces to persuade skilled people to reenlist. They contended that the Administration might do better to cancel or delay some expensive weapons-buying programs. Even the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who were not consulted on the reductions, took that line. Air Force Chief of Staff General Charles Gabriel grumbled to reporters that the Chiefs would prefer to buy fewer weapons rather than cancel the pay boost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down with the Deficits | 1/24/1983 | See Source »

...Miami's mostly black Overtown neighborhood, but racial tensions remained high last week. On Saturday, some 1,000 mourners buried Nevell Johnson, 20, whose killing by a Miami policeman ignited two days of rioting. City officials were so worried about more trouble that they persuaded the family to cancel a planned funeral procession from the video-game parlor in which Johnson was shot to services in Liberty City, site of a black riot in 1980 in which 18 people died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Assessing Harms' Way in Miami | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

...year-old Fletcher entered Brigham and Women's Hospital in November for treatment of cancer of the intestine. He was forced to cancel three weeks of lectures in his course. "Empire of the Mongols" (Historical Study...

Author: By Andrew C. Karp, | Title: 'I Love This Course' | 1/5/1983 | See Source »

...east, plus the 280 aging SS-4 and SS-5 missiles. Instead, during informal chats over coffee and orange juice, the Soviets let it be known that they might consider removing some SS-20s from the European region of the U.S.S.R. if the Atlantic Alliance agreed to cancel its plan to begin installing the new Pershing II and ground-launched cruise missiles beginning late next year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy: Winks and Nods in Geneva | 12/27/1982 | See Source »

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