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Sean Turbitt nabbed third place in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.5 seconds while the men's two-mile relay team captured third place with a time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sports Wrap Sports Wrap Sports Wrap Sports Wrap Sports | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

...Long columns of mujahedin, armed with everything from 19th century Mausers to brand-new Egyptian- and Chinese-made Kalashnikov assault rifles, trudged up the forested ridges along the Pakistan-Afghan border. On Nov. 13 some 10,000 rebels attacked Soviet and Afghan government troops along a 60-mile front. In the first hour of the fighting, a mujahedin Chinese-made BM-12 rocket launcher at Nawa Pass, southeast of Asadabad, completely annihilated an Afghan army post in the valley below. In the past an operation of such scope and intensity would have been rendered impossible by attacking Soviet aircraft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan Show 'Em the Way To Go Home | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

...Police cruisers, and proceeded peacefully from the Common, through Harvard Sqare, and down Massachusetts Avenue toward Cambridge City Hall. Marchers carried signs and banners with slogans such as "The INF Treaty: A First Step," and "2000 Warheads Down, 48,000 to Go." The procession stretched for over a half-mile and took up an entire lane of Mass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Activists March for Treaty | 12/8/1987 | See Source »

...women's meet, sophomore Meredith Rainey again showed why she is one of the Crimson's top runners in many years. Rainey snagged first place in the 220-and 440-yd. runs, and ran an 880-yd. leg to help Harvard win the two-mile relay...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Harriers Move Success Show Indoors | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

...dingy building on Manhattan's Park Avenue South is a good half-mile from United Nations headquarters. There are no flags, no logo and no indication that controversy rages inside. Only the directory in the red marble lobby provides a clue. Listed inconspicuously in alphabetical order, right after Quadrille Wallpapers & Fabrics Inc., is United Nations Archives, twelfth floor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War Crimes | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

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