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On Sunday, there is less organization. Scattered through the woods, small bands of demonstrators continue their assault on the fence, never getting near the reactor. The real action is on Rte 1, Seabrook's main artery, where large crowds of protesters attempt to block traffic. Some are skeptical of the...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Seabrook: The Vegetable Garden War | 5/27/1980 | See Source »

The cast is unmanageably large. Some 60 people have to be present for the trial to proceed. Customarily present are Judge Samuel Conti, 58, born and educated in California, reputed to be hard on drug-law violators. He has tried attempted Presidential Assassin Sara Jane Moore and Black Panther David...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In California: A Trial of Angels | 5/26/1980 | See Source »

Naipaul looks out over the fertile pampas and sees degeneration and illusion. Even Argentina's most famous citizen, Jorge Luis Borges, "a great writer, a sweet and melancholy poet," is seen as clinging to a bogus past of noble battles fought for the establishment of the fatherland. Meanwhile, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Half-World | 4/7/1980 | See Source »

Winthrop, a perennial power in intramural athletics, has easily captured the Straus Cup, indicative of the intramural championship, four years in a row. But members of the house may soon be clinging to memories; entering the spring season and the final stage of the Cup competition, Kirkland House appears to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland May Capture Straus Throne | 3/11/1980 | See Source »

Maine, currently clinging to the coveted number eight position, has completed its first Division 1 schedule at 10-11-1. The Black Bears can now sit back, like Tom Weiskopf in the clubhouse after 18 holes, and wait to see if Cornell can defeat Providence and B.U. to slip into...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Icemen: Still a Stride Away | 3/5/1980 | See Source »

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