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Perhaps in Vienna, where the diarist makes one of her more bizarre entries: "Laszlo Szapary and Erwein Schonborn . . . both had just dug themselves out of the Palais Schonborn, where a bomb had crashed into the courtyard before they could reach the cellar. The building is pretty battered and they are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Catcher in the Reich BERLIN DIARIES, 1940-1945 | 4/13/1987 | See Source »

The men on horseback said that they hadn't found too many illegals in the place they were covering and that they usually have better luck a bit down the road. It was as though they were talking about fishing, rather than the future of many people's lives.

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: The Border Order | 4/7/1987 | See Source »

The African bush, notes Morrow, is an "unforgiving place. The lame and the careless are taken down quickly." Morrow learned the cautious local custom: while walking in the bush, warn the animals of your approach; it is when they are surprised that they tend to attack. When out alone, Morrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Feb. 23, 1987 | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

The Philippines said they had a government but it wouldn't be arriving for a couple of months. The president of Zambia told me he would only help if I could set the U.N. to do roll call in "reverse alphabetical" order. Samoa had gone fishing and nobody knew when...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: SOUND OF FURY: | 2/14/1987 | See Source »

His poverty level growing up in San Diego has been exaggerated -- Conner's father was a Convair engineer who dabbled in commercial fishing -- but by yachting standards Dennis qualified as a foundling. Filthy terms like "boat nigger" seem to come easily to these folks' gooey white lips, and Conner uses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going For the America's Cup | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

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