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The walls of the IAB came crumbling in on the Harvard wrestlers Saturday afternoon when a spotty but cunning Springfield squad marched right over the Crimson for a 37-7 slaughter. The loss was the third in a row for the matmen, who, thanks to a string of early season...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: Springfield Chiefs Slaughter Grapplers | 2/19/1980 | See Source »

It had none of the lightning-flash finesse of Entebbe, none of the bloody ferocity of Mayaguez. Yet once again, however fleetingly, the frustration of dealing with the irrational acts of militants had been lifted by a single daring and dramatic deed. The cunning maneuver executed by Canadian diplomats in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Canada to the Rescue | 2/11/1980 | See Source »

Much as his principles differ from those of the Shah, some analysts believe, Khomeini has many things in common with the deposed ruler?most notably, a sense of having been divinely ordained to guide and govern Iran. Marvin Zonis, director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Of The Year: Portrait of an Ascetic Despot | 1/7/1980 | See Source »

Paumier never becomes more than an enigmatic figure, portrayed only polemically by his foe, and inadequately by the dutiful notary. Beneath the bearskin robe he liked to wear, the rebel leader remains a shadowy image, an unmeasured mix of guile, principle and erratic power. But Guerin's journal reveals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Death Masque | 1/7/1980 | See Source »

The Brethren captures senility and records cunning. But it finds no evil, only simpering and stupidity. It is an uneasy break with the Sinclairs, the Murrows, indeed the Woodwards of the past.

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Justice on Parade | 1/3/1980 | See Source »

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