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...since my birthday's not too far away, I'd like to blow out all the candles and wish that someone would knock off the Orioles this year--California or maybe the Brobdingnagian Pittsburgh Pirates--with about 16 homeruns in a four-game sweep. The Orioles are the most boring team in baseball, a gaggle of colorless Holy Rollers. Around the league they tell this story about how Tippy Martinez, Baltimore's top bullpen twirler, invited Earl Weaver to a 7:30 a.m. Sunday prayer breakfast...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Fenway Finale: Finishing With a Whimper | 10/3/1979 | See Source »

...Egyptian President talked enthusiastically about his summit with Begin and urged Strauss "not to knock the Israelis over the head." Said Strauss later: "Sadat has gone from hope and optimism to absolute certainty about the inevitability of success in the peace process. He feels we have come so far down the road that there is no longer any worry of a breakdown." The U.S. Ambassador also came away convinced that Sadat has opted for a "narrow approach" to the peace process and has abandoned the broader strategy, favored by Washington, of trying to coax Jordan and the Palestinians to join...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Good Chemistry All Around | 9/24/1979 | See Source »

...very name of the Clash signifies violence. Each of their songs contains a subtly disguised message hopelessly inappropriate for impressionable teens. These British hooligans tell listeners things like "Hate an War--the only things there are today," "Career opportunities are the ones that never knock," "If Adolf Hitler flew in today, they'd send a limousine anyway," and other statements of nihilism and frustration that can only fan the flames of discontent. Their music is loud, crude, fast, and shunned by listeners with taste...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Memos From Turner | 9/19/1979 | See Source »

...case, Kissinger said, the American strategic deterrent is now obsolescent because it has been neutralized by the Soviets' own first-strike capability, and it will soon be obsolete altogether as they improve the pinpoint accuracy with which they could knock out Minuteman ICBM silos in the U.S. Consequently, in the very next three or four years, he warned, Western Europe must make a greater commitment to its safety on its own ground, with stronger conventional forces and improved "theater" nuclear weapons. For its part, the U.S. had better develop a new "counterforce capability" aimed at Soviet military targets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: Diagnosing The Defence of Europe | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

...Talk Regarding your article on Black English [Aug. 20]: As a radioman in the Coast Guard, I must be articulate in use of standard English language, but when I go home to Bed-Stuy I tend to use "been gone" and "maf work." My point being, don't knock it, man, till ya tried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 10, 1979 | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

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