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Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Nicaragua, suspended the talks in midafternoon, expressing disappointment that his proposal had not been accepted "in principle" by both sides...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nicaraugan Negotiations Called Off | 2/20/1988 | See Source »

Some students followed the lead of twopre-school students who sledded down WidenerLibrary's steps in midafternoon...

Author: By Liam T. A. ford, | Title: Storm Blankets Boston Area | 2/5/1988 | See Source »

...Midafternoon intermission: A general rush to the pay phones, of which there are 40 in the two-story center. On the line to Kankakee: "It was my understanding that Carol told Joe they mailed it out on Friday. Well, I'm going to call Jim to find out what happened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Chicago: Seminars Everywhere | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

...inflated dummies in the passenger seats. And the pregnant woman who successfully argued in court that she and her fetus were entitled to use the car-pool lane because they were separate persons. Then there are the days that live in legend -- like Oct. 29, 1986, when a single midafternoon accident on the San Diego Freeway spread gridlock along connecting freeways and surface streets from downtown Los Angeles to the San Fernando Valley, trapping tens of thousands of motorists for eight full hours. (Survivors of such mythic urban struggles brag about them like good ole boys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Trapped Behind The Wheel | 7/20/1987 | See Source »

...well to stay awake," concedes the plaintiffs' attorney, Rex Carr. "This isn't the kind of stuff that keeps you on the edge of your seat." The numbing routine continues five days a week, six hours a day, with an hour out for lunch and brief midmorning and midafternoon breaks, plus a Christmas-New Year recess and a two-week summer vacation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Illinois: The Longest Jury Trial Drones On | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

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