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Hanover, N.H. seems even more forbidding than usual when you leave two unfinished papers and three impending exams back in Cambridge, but the Crimson aquawomen managed to make the best of a bad situation Friday afternoon, swamping a weak Dartmouth squad, 91-49.

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Aquawomen Submarine Big Green in 81-49 Rout | 1/14/1980 | See Source »

But before Thatcher made that public statement, an official of the Cabinet Office discreetly warned Blunt of the impending disclosures and the erstwhile curator immediately vanished from his London flat. "The situation is quite scandalous," declared Labor M.P. James Wellbeloved. The Prime Minister's spokesman replied that the warning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Tinker, Tailor, Curator, Spy | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

Signs of impending disaster had appeared all through 1928 and 1929. The speculative fever of the Roaring Twenties had infected rich and poor alike, and vast numbers of people were dangerously overextended. Credit was absurdly easy to obtain, and most brokerages required only 10% cash for stocks bought on "margin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Day Wall Street Was Silent | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

So we wait, not minding the cold, apprehensively euphoric at the prospect of impending, but undefined confrontation. The forest has a silver lining: a brilliant full moon illuminates the treetops and jagged piles of gravel from the construction site.

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: The Occupation That Got Away | 10/10/1979 | See Source »

One meeting was nearly aborted by a technical malfunction. Because the pilots did not know whether Avord had the equipment for repairs, the plane had to go to Germany, but no one there knew of our impending arrival, much less of our mission or predicament. Fortunately, we established contact from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: WHITE HOUSE YEARS: PART 2 THE AGONY OF VIETNAM | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

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