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An official White House spokesman was being asked who was running the government at a time of national crisis, and he was responding that he did not know. He was being asked if the country was being defended, and he was saying that he did not know. This was no...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alexander Haig | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

The 30-second "generation" spot was one of seven high-tech ads that the Hart campaign team hurried onto New Hampshire television screens during the last three weeks of the race.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing Video Games | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

IT WAS THE KIND of day travelers dread and ticket agents loathe Ram and fog closed airports and delayed traffic across the Northeast for most of the afternoon, but as evening came the ceiling started to lift. At Kennedy Airport's international wing the few ticket agents still at their...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Lost in the Fog | 2/25/1984 | See Source »

Starting to panic, the woman hurried down the counter to where five people waiting for tickets were looking at their watches. There was only one agent selling tickets and each customer was taking about five minutes. It was going to be tough for all of them to make the flight...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Lost in the Fog | 2/25/1984 | See Source »

As soon as fighting broke out in the streets of West Beirut, the Lebanese government ordered the army to shoot on sight. Steel shutters rang down on storefronts. Pedestrians scattered. Car horns blared incessantly. We were interviewing a former government minister when the fighting broke out, and emerged from his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon: Dodging the Bullets in Beirut | 2/20/1984 | See Source »

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