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...sharply into the sunset, the Air Micronesia 727 circles the Truk lagoon. Coral reefs color the water in pastels of orange, yellow and green, interspersed with the darker shapes of sunken hulls. "It was on Feb. 16, 1944, that we spotted 'em," the voice continues enthusiastically. "Our fighters dive-bombed all day, and next morning when they finished mopping up, more than 60 ships were on the bottom." Only after a second turn around the exposed mast of the aircraft transport freighter Fujikawa Maru does the plane begin its descent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Paradise with Rough Edges | 1/16/1978 | See Source »

...dollar's long slide in value turned into a headlong, chaotic dive. In Zurich, where selling pressure was greatest, the plunge lopped nearly 4% off the dollar's value against the Swiss franc in a single day. So, at just about the time last Wednesday when Jimmy Carter told an evening audience of French businessmen in Paris that "the U.S. will strive to maintain the strength of the dollar," the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board in Washington put substance behind his words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Propping the Dollar at Last | 1/16/1978 | See Source »

Andover then picked up her last event of the day, winning the one meter dive by default...

Author: By Kevin Shaw, | Title: J.V. Aquamen Win Nine Events In 92-69 Capsize of Andover | 1/12/1978 | See Source »

...traumatic sophomore year and took a dive from the roof of Claverly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1977 What's Your... ...'News I.Q.'? | 1/4/1978 | See Source »

...imaginary crowd. "I'd throw up the ball, pretend it was a kickoff, then run and fake and flip and fall down and get up again and call another play. Sometimes I'd pretend it was a pass. I'd run and catch it or dive for it. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Running Wild | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

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