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How could KAL Flight 007 stray so far off its proper course? The Boeing 747 was equipped with three Inertial Navigation Systems (INS), designed to keep the jet on its scheduled flight path and to back one another up in case of malfunctions. Their performance record is excellent: a new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Explaining the Inexplicable | 9/19/1983 | See Source »

BUT THERE ARE sharp differences between the inner workings of Harvard during the summer and the other three seasons, differences which are scrutinizing this latest document without some familiarity with the University might have difficulty discerning. One notable deviation is the emergence from nine months of hibernation of the University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Best of Tomes, the Worst of Tomes | 6/26/1983 | See Source »

OLD-LINE LIBERALS, suspicious of his deviation from orthodoxy, have lumped Hart together with other "high-tech" Democrats under cute labels like "neo-liberals." "Atari Democrats," and "technopols," and have suggested that Hart is "not a real liberal." This is inaccurate and unfair. Hart has continually emphasized his support for...

Author: By David V. Thottungal, | Title: New Answers | 3/23/1983 | See Source »

Though relatively few undergraduates frequent the alcoves of Langdell during the course of the semester, Parks said that many find it a welcome deviation from the monotony of Lamont, Widener and Hilles. He added that Saturday night was the first time since he began working at Langdell in September that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unexpected Visitor Surprises Law School Library Students | 1/24/1983 | See Source »

North Carolina's Republican Senator Jesse Helms, a gadfly of the right, thought he had finally won a congressional victory last week. Thwarted in every attempt on the Hill to advance his "social issues" agenda-banning abortion, reinstating prayer in public schools, ending the busing of students to desegregate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jesse Plays the Front Man | 12/20/1982 | See Source »

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