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...except her in the house. To no avail. They demand that she give them the key to the upstairs flat. She says the owner is on a trip to the U.S., but they are not convinced. Three of them go back to their truck, get axes and saws and knock the steel door off its hinges. There is no one inside. My four-year-old son is terrified. Over and over again he says, "Bad soldiers . . . bad soldiers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They Hassle People at Whim | 4/5/1982 | See Source »

Although the Wisconsin hockey team did knock the Crimson out of the playoffs by a considerable margin (10-4 in the two-game series), and the fans adored nearly every minute, the Harvard hockey team certainly wasn't humiliated in Madison...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: Tired of Seeing Red | 3/24/1982 | See Source »

...military aid or covert action in Central America. In practice, this would make covert action all but impossible. Said Tsongas: "We're on the verge of a kind of 1950s intervention policy. The domino theory does work, but we're going to be the ones to knock down that first domino" by driving Central American countries into the "Cuban embrace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: El Salvador: A Lot of Show, but No Tell | 3/22/1982 | See Source »

...successful cartoon series and paperback books by the same name. Thing is, it works. There is something awe-inspiring about seeing the heaviest living man sitting outside on a chair the size of a Mazda. How about a wax representation of a man with three eyes? Don't knock it til you've seen it, or the shrunken heads, either. While you're in the area, check out Fort Castillo a quizzical structure with eight-foot thick walls made out of coquina shells...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Living It Up in the Florida Sunshine | 3/20/1982 | See Source »

...wide, flat roads and a dingy Trailways station; except the four cheery Oranges. Arnie and his kids, were standing outside the depot, peering anxiously at the tinted bus window. I hauled myself up from my cramped position in the back seat, marched out of the bus, and managed to knock the breath out of Arnie, Dave...

Author: By Naomi L. Pierce, | Title: Car Wrecking Texas-Style | 3/9/1982 | See Source »

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