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...course of the invasion itself belies the charge that the Palestinian forces had developed any serious challenge to Israel's security. That a lightly armed, badly outnumbered force could threaten an army equipped to the teeth with the latest in sophisticated American weaponry is a claim that only a fool--or someone with a vested interest in distorting reality--would make...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More Mideast | 3/17/1983 | See Source »

Still, no player wants to stand in the wings forever, and the wait can be almost unbearable. "Will they love me? Hate me? Will I make a fool of myself? Those doubts go to bed with you, wake up with you, walk around the streets of New York with you," says Brenda Pressley of Dreamgirls. "It's a constant battle, and it can beat you if you let it." Some do let it, and along with the stories of the little understudy who could, there are legends of the little stand-ins who couldn't. Once, long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: No More Waiting in the Wings | 3/14/1983 | See Source »

Abram Chayes '43, a Law School professor who serves on the Alliance's national advisory board, said. "I think the Justice Department is making a fool of itself Providing a list of exhibitors strikes me as entirely inappropriate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lawyers Protest | 3/9/1983 | See Source »

Finally, I found some methods which I do not recommend. One senior told me that his problem with waking up in the morning was not physical adjustment to the cold, but mental preparation. He wished he could have just one more hour or so. "Snoozing" didn't fool him, so he decided to set his alarm for 3 a.m. a few mornings. When he woke up at three, he could look at the clock and say, "Ah, I have four more hours to sleep." Another fellow had an even stranger method. Because of a late job, he doesn...

Author: By Meredith E. Greene, | Title: Rude Awakening | 3/9/1983 | See Source »

...keep them ready for combat. But early data indicate that the B-1B, because of its complexity, also would face severe maintenance problems. The Air Force contends that the B-52 presents too broad a "cross section" for Soviet radar. Critics doubt that the B-1B design will fool Soviet radar either. Worse, they charge, the B-1B's own terrain-following radar, which it uses to navigate to the target, will send out what amounts to a beacon that enemy fighters and missiles can home in on. The doubters concede the B-1B's advanced avionics gear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gold-Plated Weapons | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

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