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Minutes after the anniversary broadcast began in Braga (pop. 125,000), a mini-panic was on. Said Antonio Costa Guimares, one of the show's producers: "It was total chaos." While some residents fled, others rushed to the * spot where the fearsome extraterrestrials were said to have been sighted. In a show of strength that would have startled any alien bold enough to advance on Braga, a local fire chief sent two fire trucks roaring about in search of the outer-space cadets. The program, which had been announced well in advance, was intended as homage to Orson Welles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Portugal: Space Saga In Braga | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

Harvard was first formally notified of thevirus on Thursday, when they received a warningfrom the National Science Foundation, which has asimilar computer system, said Harvard News OfficeDirector Peter Costa. Programmers have beenworking "file by file" to purge the virus from thesystem, which is now "almost 100 percentdisinfected," he said...

Author: By Madhavi Sunder, | Title: Harvard Had First Chance To Stop Damaging 'Virus' | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...Institute Of Politics (IOP) debate with Dukakis's foreign policy adviser--Dillon Professor of International Affairs Joseph S. Nye--Lecturer of Public Policy Richard N. Haass said Peru, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala meet his definition of democracy...

Author: By Rebecca A. Jesche, | Title: Nye, Bush Aide Debate Policy | 10/27/1988 | See Source »

Defensive Line: The Red front four is anchored by senior Derrick Willmott. He gets help from tackle Costa Harbilas, a Watertown, Mass. native, who is being touted as an All-Ivy candidate. Harvard's Maruice Frilot versus Harbilas will be a match-up to watch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Scouting Report | 10/8/1988 | See Source »

...would. She went on to shock East Germany's imposing Heike Friedrich, accelerating astonishingly in the last 50 meters of the 400 freestyle, to break her own world record by 1.6 sec. with a 4:03.85. But the first four women's silvers went to two Chinese, a Costa Rican and a Rumanian, while a French gamine named Catherine Plewinski was a tick away with a bronze in the 100 free. The once-every-four-years fan wonders, When did all these people learn to swim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Splashes Of Class And Acts of Heroism | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

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