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...Gdansk were briefly shut down when railway workers and the government clashed over how to distribute $6.3 million in pay raises. TASS, the official Soviet news agency, warned that "the threat of a general transport strike . . . could affect Poland's national and defense interests." Translation: Do not fool around with rail links to East Germany, home of 19 Soviet divisions and the front line of Warsaw Pact defenses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Playing Russian Roulette | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

...numbers fool you. Saturday night, B.U. simply blew away one of the top teams in the east, Providence College, in an 8-1 massacre (although 11 Friars were absent from the affair--rumors of a curfew violation during P.C.'s western trip). Terrier coach Jackie Parker deadpans, "everything we shot went into...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Terriers At Bright Tonight | 12/2/1980 | See Source »

...many Harvard fans felt little pain, as The Event carried a momentum of its own, spilling off the field and into the reunions, the parties, the bars. Yale was in town for its bi-annual visit, and if ever there was an excuse to make an absolute fool of yourself, this was it. Many of the Crimson and the Blue came through, admirably...

Author: By Larry Grafstein, | Title: The Game | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

Next time someone preaches that "every vote counts," call him or her a fool, a liar, or simply naive. I waited in line 1½ hours at my neighborhood elementary school to vote for a candidate who, three time zones away, had already conceded defeat. What a patriotic dilemma! Should I stay in line and vote anyway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 24, 1980 | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

...name: Lofree. He wears temple-to-temple aviator glasses and designer jeans that inhibit circulation. His shoes are made for jogging, not stomping, and he drives a Japanese sports car. His favorite band is still the Doobie Brothers, and he can sing all the words to What a Fool Believes as he works on a blow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Dancing down the Middle | 11/10/1980 | See Source »

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