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...determination to conduct a jihad (holy war) against the Soviet occupiers of their country, they are going back home. What they find is not encouraging: entire villages destroyed, orchards burned, fields defoliated. Yet the returning men are rebuilding the fallen roofs and tumbled walls of their former homes. They dig tunnels and enlarge caves to accommodate dwellings, schools and medical clinics; they farm by night, when no MiGs or helicopter gunships fly overhead; they use homemade weapons and their knowledge of the difficult terrain to foil the relentless ground attacks of the Soviets. Robert Schultheis, an American freelance writer, spent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFGHANISTAN: Reviving the Songs of Old | 9/10/1984 | See Source »

...then this old man runs by. This other sergeant says, 'Get him, Edwards.' But I missed the old man. Now I just shot the head off a snake. You dig what I'm sayin'? Damn near with one hand. M-14. But all of a sudden, I missed this old man. 'Cause I really couldn't shoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Beleaguered Patriotism and Pride | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

...Soviets dig in, Mitterrand chides them about Sakharov

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy: Not Even an Ironic Smile | 7/2/1984 | See Source »

Here's short review of some of the more interesting--or just plain strange--courses being offered at Harvard this summer. If you'd like to dig up the Yard, listen to jazz, or watch old movies, or even if you'd just like to write about yourself, there's bound to be a course...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stop and Shop | 6/24/1984 | See Source »

...distinguished Harvard English professor wrote an article in Mademoiselle magazine calling "college girls" politically apathetic, thirsty for security, and devoid of intellectual curiosity. A few days later, 25 Radcliffe students picketed outside the professor's home. "Dig this challenge to your intellectual curiosity," read one of their placards...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: Fight Fiercely Harvard | 6/6/1984 | See Source »

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