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...tubes, each 24 ft. in diameter, through which trains will shuttle passengers and vehicles between Cheriton and Frethun. A third tunnel, 15 ft. wide, is to provide ventilation and access for service personnel. The 31-mile- long main tubes (underwater length will be 23 miles) are to be dug through the chalk deposits 131 ft. below the Channel floor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy Hands Below the Sea | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

Four miles to the east of Nacfa, a once prosperous farm town that is now a bombed-out ruin, rebel fighters carrying Soviet-made AK-47 assault rifles stand watch in trenches along a ridge. Across a narrow valley, in places just 60 yards away, Ethiopian troops are dug in. Some of their comrades, identifiable by their bright green uniforms, lie dead in no-man's-land. An exchange of automatic-weapons fire echoes through the valley. Moments later, two Soviet-built Ethiopian MiGs roar overhead in search of the rebels' camouflaged artillery and tank emplacements. Sipping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethiopia a Forgotten War Rages On | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

...outplayed Yale in the second half but just dug too deep a hole to crawl out of," Delaney Smith said. "They took us completely out of our game and we were just never able to recover," she added...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Women Hoopsters Stun Brown | 12/2/1985 | See Source »

Just two and a half minutes into the game, sophomore Allen Bour-beau welcomed Littman to major college hockey, tipping home a blast from the point off the stick of freshman Josh Caplan. The second assist went to wing Tim Barakett, who dug the puck out of the corner to set up Caplan's shot...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Icemen Knot Eagles in OT,4-4 | 11/27/1985 | See Source »

Then the Crimson fourth, line, scoreless in the first four games, struck. Andy Janfaza dug the puck out of the corner and sent a beautiful feed to Pete Chiarelli in the crease, who stuffed the puck home to give Harvard a 4-3 advantage...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Icemen Knot Eagles in OT,4-4 | 11/27/1985 | See Source »

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