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The victims of the carnage were among some 150 Dominicans, mostly young women, who had paid up to $600 each for illegal passage to Puerto Rico aboard a 50-ft. wooden fishing boat. The group had set out at 2 a.m. Tuesday from Death's Head Beach in the town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dominican Republic Horror off Death's Head Beach | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

As the Jarrett approached the site, moving cautiously to avoid any mines, the crews spotted ten Iranians drifting in rubber rafts. Sixteen others, including four wounded sailors, were in the water, clinging to flotsam or still swimming. All were picked up. The survivors claimed that two of their crewmen were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Caught In The Act | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

When it had to comprised the entiresecond half, which began with Harvard clinging toa 17-10 lead. With a fierce wind at its back,Northeastern--despite its consistently excellentfield position--was unable to score in the thirdperiod.

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Gridders Slash Huskies, 27-24 | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

The U.S.'s refusal to abandon the English system of measurement in favor of the metric system is shortsighted. Our stubbornly clinging to feet and pounds has a negative effect on everything from tourism to machine-tool exports. Britain, Canada and Australia have changed successfully. Are Americans any less intelligent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Metric Measure | 7/27/1987 | See Source »

In any event, years passed, the Rinpoche influence spread, and a new headquarters was established in Nova Scotia. Now and then there was bad press. A party in Colorado got rough. Rinpoche forced a couple to disrobe. Everyone later disrobed. No charges were brought. No one denied the published reports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Vermont: A Spiritual Leader's Farewell | 6/22/1987 | See Source »

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