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Last week's cave-in left a D-shaped crater about 60 ft. wide, 150 ft. long and between 10 and 30 ft. deep. Although apparently no radiation had leaked, 14 workers emerged with broken bones and lacerations. Craters from previous underground nuclear tests pock the desert floor elsewhere on the 1,350-sq.-mi. site. But officials said they had had no reason to expect such a result in the mesa because it is made up of hardened volcanic ash and granite. In the past 20 years, the Government has exploded 45 nuclear devices with no ill effects...
...From the cave to the slopes...
...Reedy said, "I was a little bummed out that I fell in the giant slalom, but that's O.K." Born in Cairo, raised in Plattsburgh, N.Y., El Reedy, 18, prepared mentally for the Games by following his father's wishes and holing up in a desert cave for 40 days. No one on Bjelašnica had a more intimate knowledge of scorpions. "When I got here, I expected a lot more 'Look at him' stuff from the others. But instead they've all been helping me. 'Look out for this bump...
...Warsaw Pact nations refusing to set a date for resumption of the talks. But that afternoon in the Oval Office Ronald Reagan's mood was sanguine, his bearing confident, as he discussed Soviet-American relations with three visitors from TIME. Editor in Chief Henry Grunwald, Managing Editor Ray Cave and White House Correspondent Laurence I. Barrett. The President was pleased to concentrate on that subject, he said with a smile, because "there are a great many misperceptions out there about the situation now. As a matter of fact, if you correct the misperceptions, you 'II have an exclusive...
Considering that most of the movie takes place in a stygian cave, The Keep looks gorgeous. Slow motion and pixilation enhance the spooky mood; a telephoto lens turns the castle into a pointillist magic mountain. It is cinematic balm when a fantasy movie pays informed tribute to the decorative arts. It is also, most likely, box-office poison...