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"Why don't you take a look at it?" I suggested. Khariton retired to his compartment to do so.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sakharov: Years In Exile | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

Police recovered a bullet from the baggage compartment on the driver's side and were trying to determine the caliber and type of gun used, said state police spokesman Adam Berluti.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shots Fired at Greyhound Bus | 3/13/1990 | See Source »

It was apparently just plain bad luck that as the tanker American Trader was unloading off Southern California's Huntington Beach last week, a sudden swell caused an anchor to tear a 3-ft. gash in the ship's forward compartment. Working by night, the crew plugged the hole within...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California: Bad Luck, But Good Behavior | 2/19/1990 | See Source »

Moving a house is a time-consuming affair. The morning that Willie Anderson's home is delivered begins with workers hoisting the house's concrete steps onto a pickup truck while Anderson and her children pile broken bricks and stack cut wood. Clearance for the move requires approval from a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canton, Mississippi A New Kind of Moving Day | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

Sometimes an interruption is worth a thousand words. Taking the train from Shanghai to Shandong province, Michael Kramer shared a four-bed sleeping compartment with a middle-aged factory official clad in a blue Mao suit. As the man explained to Kramer why only foreigners and very important bureaucrats were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From the Publisher: Oct 2 1989 | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

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