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Farther to the north and east, rain and gentle spring snow was falling over parts of Finland and Sweden. From there, as well as from points south and west, from Norway and Denmark, came the same disquieting signals. Somewhere, some mysterious source was spewing dangerous radiation into the atmosphere, into the air that people and plants were breathing. By now thoroughly frightened, the Swedes quickly confirmed that the source was not in their country. They immediately turned their suspicions southward, to their powerful neighbor, the Soviet Union...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deadly Meltdown | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

Bohm practiced all the post-modernist tenets long before they were preached, yet his buildings provide none of the easy reassurance of neat taxonomy. His work has evolved continually, but not in response to shifts in fashion or doctrine. Like Finland's Alvar Aalto, Bohm invented his own humane, smart architectural dialect, and then waited patiently for the rest of the world to learn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Basso Profundo and a Bit Wild ! | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

...difficult to return to ordinary reality. The Neva and its canals, he says, make Leningrad narcissistic: "Reflected every second by thousands of square feet of running silver amalgam, it's as if the city were constantly being filmed by its river, / which discharges its footage into the Gulf of Finland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Notes From a Poet in His Prime Less Than One | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

Newton native was the 17th selection in the NHL draft in June...first American schoolboy player selected...chosen by the Calgary Flames...Belmont Hill School graduate...will add size to Crimson blue-line corps...member of U.S. Junior National team at Finland...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The 1985-86 Harvard Men's Hockey Team | 11/15/1985 | See Source »

...juniors participating in the tour will represent many of top squash playing countries in the world--Brazil, Argentina, Japan, Australia, Pakistan, India, Israel, Egypt, Sweden, Norway and Finland...

Author: By Mark M. Robbins, | Title: Harvard Coach Sets Up Squash Program, Hopes to Tour U.S., Canada With Juniors | 11/6/1985 | See Source »

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