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At the town hall, the archduke complained angrily. "Mr. Mayor, I came here on a visit, and I get bombs thrown at me," he declared. "It is outrageous." But the police assured him that they had everything under control. The only added security precaution was to change the return route...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Sarajevo Triggered a War | 1/30/1984 | See Source »

Sumners' performances are sweet and sculptural. In her trademark maneuver, she follows a kind of swooping, swanlike glide with the difficult IVi airborne spins of a double axel. Some fellow Olympic team members are concerned, however, that the sheltered teenager has not mastered the inner game of figure skating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This One Figures To Be on Ice: Scott Hamilton | 1/30/1984 | See Source »

When Shagari first took office, Nigeria was riding the crest of the oil boom. Its wells were producing up to $26 billion a year. The affluence led the government to press ahead with several expensive development projects, including the construction of a new capital city at Abuja, 325 miles to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Light That Failed: Nigeria | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

The U.S. airline industry went through some of its most turbulent times in 1983. Spawned by the beginning of deregulation in 1978, cut-rate, nonunion carriers like People Express triggered fare wars and shot down the profits of the nine major airlines, which lost $71.8 million in the first nine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cheers for a Banner Year | 1/2/1984 | See Source »

The movies are a machine that makes art. But what are we to make of films in which the machine is the main attraction? Burt Reynolds may be at the wheel of his Trans Am, Harrison Ford can maneuver his Millennium Falcon in hyperspace, Roy Scheider may occupy the cockpit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Season's Bleedings in Tinseltown | 12/19/1983 | See Source »

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