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Fleming has yet to find his scoring touch this season and recently suffered a tragic loss in his family, which seems to have distracted him further this past week.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cagers Dump Engineers; Subs Strut Their Stuff | 1/13/1982 | See Source »

JOSEPH McCARTHY--America's premier Red-hunter--levelled accusations of treason at people he knew nothing about, often not even their names. He lied with such boldness that he distracted a nation and shot it full of distrust. Few regret it more than journalists. By offering the print of page...

Author: By Robert M. Mccord, | Title: The Press and Joe | 1/11/1982 | See Source »

Other journalists successfully hid rolls of film in their pants, sewed video cassettes into the lining of coats, and photographed notes for easier concealment. Mark Phillips, 33, a London-based correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., smuggled out a videotape containing reports from CBC, CBS, NBC and BBC in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Smuggling News out of Poland | 12/28/1981 | See Source »

Cautioning himself against fatalism, he addressed the ball after a round of polite applause. The gallery consisted of a few golf cognoscenti, out to see potential comers on the tour. They all recognized him by now. ("There's Jackson." "He'll be past his prime before he makes the tour...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: From Tee to Green: A Christmas Tale | 12/9/1981 | See Source »

Although no one spells it out, this "new emotion" sounds like the tactile knowledge of what being alive now, thanks to science and space probes, means: sitting on a crowded planet that is moving very fast. In such a situation, Mooney's narrative suggests, everything that happens matters to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: New Vibes | 9/28/1981 | See Source »

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