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...Bronx Bombers unleashed "the missiles of October" to embarrass the Los Angeles Dodgers, 12-2, and move to within one game of baseball's World Championship...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Yanks Sizzle Past Cold Dodgers, 12-2 | 10/16/1978 | See Source »

PLEASE SEE SPENCER LEE FROM ALBANY WHEN HE REQUESTS AN APPOINTMENT. This terse handwritten note from Jimmy Carter to Attorney General Griffin Bell lay forgotten for 19 months in a filing cabinet at the Justice Department. Last week it emerged at the center of a mystery that threatened to embarrass Carter and some of his closest associates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Vesco's Latest Caper | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

...term is for extracurriculars? Good, you're way ahead of the dorks on your hall, even if they got higher SAT's than you did. Don't sweat it--after all, you were just put here because no one else admitted on their application to...well, I won't embarrass you, let's just chalk it up to diversity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tuned-Up Tuna Hits Town | 9/28/1978 | See Source »

Sadat is said to be aware that his actions must not embarrass Carter or alienate the U.S. public. For this reason he is not expected to ask other Arab states to brandish the "oil weapon," unless it could be directed solely against Israel without affecting the U.S. Similarly, he may be hesitant about putting Washington on the spot at the U.N. by demanding a blanket condemnation of Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Such a move could create a painful dilemma for Carter. A U.S. veto would enrage much of the world, including the Saudis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Sealed-Lips Summit | 9/18/1978 | See Source »

...sometimes chaotic operations, the House Select Committee on Assassinations has shed little new light on the murders of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. But when the committee begins public hearings scheduled for next week, it will produce some evidence that, if nothing else, is bound to embarrass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Missing Its Man | 8/14/1978 | See Source »

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