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...would drop immediately from 18? to 8?, he declared, while previous increases for such staples as pasta and flour would be reduced as well. "We are going back to where we were," he said, fervently hoping that was so. Once again, thousands took to the streets, this time in frantic celebration. Waving baguettes, Tunisian flags and portraits of the President, the exuberant crowds shouted, "Long live Bourguiba...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tunisia: Bourguiba Lets Them Eat Bread | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

...Frantic First Half...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Not so Surprising! | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

...first half was particularly distressing for the visitors, as the action on the floor could be described as nothing but frantic. Players would--oops!--pass the ball to where no one stood, or--even worse--into a congested lane filled only with guys in green. Missed lay-ups, over-the-back, and traveling violations plagued Harvard throughout the first 20 minutes...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Not so Surprising! | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

...that the Soviets will be able to do whatever we manage to do, after spending hundreds of billions of dollars in the effort. Secondly, we can be sure that if we or the Soviets, or both, begin to approach success in devising such space weapons, there will be a frantic race on both sides to devise offensive missiles that can penetrate or evade such defenses. The prospect is, therefore, that we shall be spending hundreds of billions of dollars, perhaps trillions, with no perceptible underlying change in the strategic relations between the two countries. Before we pollute the wondrous heavens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Some Practical and Realistic Advise | 1/2/1984 | See Source »

Yves Saint Laurent radiates timidity and a fragile, overstrained sensibility. Last Tuesday when he found his way to the Costume Institute in the bowels of the Metropolitan Museum, he was stopped by a security guard and meekly signed in to see his own show. As the frantic week of preparation went on, he was coaxed one way by Diana Vreeland, the other by his hectoring partner, Pierre Bergé. Saint Laurent did his best, moving as if in a daze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Designer at Home | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

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