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...warning was accidentally sent out by two Harrisburg AT&T technicians who were installing new emergency teletype equipment. Most county officials chose not to broadcast the message before they could confirm it. Even in alerted Allentown, Lehigh County's largest city, most residents took the sirens, some dating back to World War II, for fire alarms. Said one practical-minded Pennsylvanian: "An alarm system really wouldn't matter if there was a nuclear war anyway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whew! | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

Barbara A. Keller, director of community relations at Kennedy Memorial, said yesterday that Heacock's condition remained serious, and that any improvement will he gradual. She would not confirm or deny that he could write...

Author: By D. JOSEPH Menn, | Title: Leverett Residents Recuperating From Car Crash | 1/11/1984 | See Source »

...would call an extraordinary way, so that today after two years I was able to meet my assailant and repeat to him the pardon I gave him immediately ... The Lord gave us the grace to meet as men and brothers, because all the events of our lives must confirm that God is our father and all of us are His children in Jesus Christ, and thus we are all brothers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pope John Paul II: I Spoke... As a Brother | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

Last season, another one with a strike, Washington won a Super Bowl that took this year to confirm. "One reason championship teams usually slip," according to Plunkett, "is that the quarterback's tendencies have all been given away. Joe has put two almost perfect years back to back, the hardest thing imaginable." Behind Theismann's 60% completion rate for more than 3,500 yards, the Redskins are having a record scoring year. Earlier this season Washington made up 15 points in the fourth quarter to beat the Raiders, but each went on to earn favorable field position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Full Circies and Quarterbacks | 12/26/1983 | See Source »

...able to coalesce around the nidus of a small, old, still breathing third party, the Liberals. The U.S. is less hospitable to new forms of political life. Third parties in America gravitate not only to the extremes, but to irrelevance. (John Anderson's upcoming presidential campaign will undoubtedly confirm both tendencies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: What Ever Became of the American Center | 12/19/1983 | See Source »

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