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Rowning dove hard to her right, intercepting the shot in midair, to stop both the ball and the ballgame...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Pitching Propels Batswomen Over MIT, 5-2 | 4/5/1985 | See Source »

Quaker safety Ross Armstrong picked the ball off in midair, returning it to the Harvard...

Author: By Bob Cunha, | Title: After One Quarter, It's 10-0 | 11/6/1984 | See Source »

There is plenty more in store for Indy, Willie and Indy's pre-teen sidekick Short Round (Ke Huy Quan) before the end of reel one. A hairbreadth escape through the bustling back streets of Shanghai! A scarifying ride in a pilotless plane! A midair bailout in a raft that bounces them onto a steep mountain slope for a wild toboggan ride off a cliff and into a raging river whose rapids carry them to ... But you get the idea. An army of professionals-439 listed in the credits-has set the narrative motor purring in high gear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Keeping the Customer Satisfied | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

...able to reach the Falklands from Ascension Island, a British possession in the Atlantic midway between Britain and the Falklands, in 8½ hours. Now the quickest flight from Ascension is a twelve-hour trip in turboprop C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft that have to be refueled in midair. More important, the new runway will allow the rapid deployment of British troops in an emergency. Although the democratically elected government of Argentine President Raúl Alfonsin has replaced the military regime that invaded the Falklands in 1982, the British-and especially the Falklanders-remain suspicious of Argentine intentions. Says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Falkland Islands: The High Price of Principle | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

...pantomime with a wine bottle, a cactus plant, bouquets of flowers, a fireman's ax, shoelaces tied together and assorted other slapstick paraphernalia. It is a pas de neufso ingeniously choreographed that the antics in the back-to-back farces coincide precisely, while lines of dialogue interlock in midair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Viewing a Farce from Behind | 1/30/1984 | See Source »

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