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CAPE CANAVERAL., Ha-The shuttle Columbia testing a fuel saving maneuver 186 miles above Earth, experienced "unexplained torque" yesterday that caused a series of harmless pitch and roll movements. The phenomenon went away as mysteriously as it began and officials were curious but not worried...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shuttle Torque | 6/29/1982 | See Source »

That both these wars seem related at all is curious, given the blatant differences between them. The fight in the Falklands came as a shock, both for its ferocity and its stakes. The invasion of Lebanon surprised no one, except insofar as one is always surprised to see somebody do what he threatens to do. The Falklands are of purely symbolic importance to the contenders. Control of southern Lebanon is of vital practical advantage to each side. Between the British and the Argentines there was a history of compatibility; between the Israelis and the P.L.O., a history of hatred. Argentina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Price Glory Now? | 6/28/1982 | See Source »

Begin believes in telling us bluntly what he expects of us, so it is vitally important that we level with him if we are going to deal with him effectively. We don't do that. We skirt that kind of directness. We go through curious steps, such as suggesting that the President will not meet with him because we are dissatisfied about what he may be doing in Beirut. There is the perception on his part that we lack forthrightness in dealing with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Have to Level with Begin | 6/28/1982 | See Source »

...business is Walt Kelly 64, who opened the shop four years ago when he tired of professional banking. He declines to discuss finances but acknowledges that the business keeps him alive. And well it should for many of the items are well beyond the financial means of the curious visitor. Autographs sell for $10.00 and up Yearbooks follow a similar price range...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Picking Up the Pieces | 6/25/1982 | See Source »

Read Our Harvard at one sitting for one leafing, while standing in the Coop), for its essays have much more impact cumulatively than separately. This is the story not so much of one Harvard but of three, and as such it says much about the curious hybrid we graduate from tomorrow...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Four More Years | 6/9/1982 | See Source »

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