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...pilot of the Su-15 decides (or is told by ground control) that he needs to get closer to the target. He accelerates and gets within a little more than a mile of the jumbo jet, which remains oblivious to the danger. Simultaneously, he turns off his weapons' lock-on system so that he can reposition it properly later, when he is ready to fire. Once again, he reports to the ground that 007's strobe light is blinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightstalkers in the Pacific Sky | 9/19/1983 | See Source »

...closing on the target, am in lock on. Distance to target is eight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightstalkers in the Pacific Sky | 9/19/1983 | See Source »

Pyle said that some Mason fellows are so impressed with what they have learned about management that they want to import their favorite courses lock, stock, and travel. One farmer minister in the Burmess government upon returning home from his year as a Mason fellow persuaded his government to establish a K-School courses on microeconomics as part of the curriculum at the University of Rangoon. He wired the Kennedy School and asked for the entire course packet to be sent special delivery...

Author: By Mary Humes, | Title: Spreading the Word | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

...When he was ten, I got so angry with him, I panicked. I was rushing to kill him. But I managed to tell him to go to his room and lock himself in and not to open the door no matter what I said. He fled. He was really afraid. I could hear him breathing like a frightened rabbit behind the door. I was fulfilling my mother's predictions. I was no good and I'd never be any good. I went to Mass every Sunday, and every Sunday I'd say, 'I'll confess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Child Abuse: The Ultimate Betrayal | 9/5/1983 | See Source »

...would call in the business community, lock them up in the University of the Philippines, and tell them, "O.K., you are the guys most concerned. You work out your program and then give me your recommendations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He Would Be Lonely Without Me: Benigno Aquino and Marcos | 9/5/1983 | See Source »

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