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...After another five minutes had passed in total darkness, and he had totally given up on ever seeing the right slide, it suddenly appeared in full glory in the middle of his face. Watching him tap his way back to the podium with his pointer, his tangled, uncooperative microphone cord swinging behind him like the Cowardly Lion's tail, I wondered if his career was over...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Professing Some Hatred | 3/11/1986 | See Source »

...little fundraising."Christ," he said, "if you go on TV for a minutein prime time, it'll cost you your right arm."Instead of a high-tech media campaign, he said hewould campaign for Congress as he had for citycouncil: with a Winnebago camper, a microphone,and an extension cord, which he plans to take onthe campaign trail throughout the district.CrimsonPeter H. SchwartzJAMES ROOSEVELT JR. '68 makes a point asALBERT L. "DAPPER" O'NEIL looks on at a recentdebate of Eigth Congressional Districtcandidates...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: James Roosevelt Joins PACked Field In Eighth Congressional District Race | 3/4/1986 | See Source »

There has been published speculation, based on unidentified sources, that the finger of flame either burned through the fuel tank wall and ignited its huge supply of liquid hydrogen, or that it set off the destruction mechanism by lighting a primer cord...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rocket Booster Called Key to Explosion | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...namesake of her order, has gotten herself into a bit of trouble. She hides her pregnancy both from her fellow sisters and her own troubled psyche for the nine months. But when the child is born, either Agnes or someone else strangles the child with its own umbilical cord...

Author: By T.m. Doyle, | Title: Lukewarm Guilt | 10/4/1985 | See Source »

Xiao, who was taken to the hospital with injuries to his spinal cord and intestines, said he wanted to go to Taiwan. Earlier this year a Chinese torpedo boat and its crew, who had mutinied and tried to defect to South Korea, were sent home by the Seoul government. But this time South Korea has announced that only the navigator will be repatriated to China. Xiao will presumably be allowed to go to Taiwan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea: A Dramatic Landing | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

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