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...scene bore a strong resemblance to an old Peter Sellers movie. A lone guard answers a knock at the Fogg Art Museum door. The time: 12:30 a.m. Sunday. A man wearing a beige trench coat identifies himself as "Mr. Ryan," and says he was told to pick up a package left earlier...

Author: By Steven Luxenberg, | Title: Coin Heist: A Drama In Three Acts | 12/8/1973 | See Source »

Navy appears to be the weakest of the four top teams, so a loss today would probably knock Harvard out of contention for the title...

Author: By Richard A. Samp, | Title: Racquetmen Face Navy in Key Match | 12/8/1973 | See Source »

When the rare brutal cop knocks in a son or daughter's (or one's own) teeth after a minor pot bust, if the press has been forced down the drain, then that cop will be around to knock out some more teeth...

Author: By Les Whitten, | Title: Ominous Parallels for a Free Press | 11/27/1973 | See Source »

...actual crimes are solved through plodding legwork and tips from informers. Complains Manhattan Detective Lieut. Richard J. Gallagher: "You don't ever get clues like they do on TV." Gallagher points to a sign on his desk reading GOYA/KOD. "That stands for 'Get off your ass and knock on doors!' and that's how homicides are really solved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The View from the Real World | 11/26/1973 | See Source »

...most decisive new weapon in the Middle East fighting to date is the Soviet SAM6 surface-to-air missile, which had never before been used in combat. The Israelis encountered it on the Sinai front while their aircraft were attempting to knock out the pontoon bridges placed across the Suez Canal by the Egyptians. In the first two days of fighting, 40 Israeli planes were shot down near the canal, most of them by SAM6 batteries. The missile was equally devastating over the Golan Heights, protecting the Syrians from the foil fury of the Israeli air force and exacting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEAPONRY: The Desert as a Proving Ground | 10/29/1973 | See Source »

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