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...Gray's Inn Road in London, just north of Fleet Street, the modern office buildings that once housed the Times and the Sunday Times are nearly abandoned, their lobbies dark and locked. One mile away, in a seedy dock area called Wapping, deep in the shadow of the Tower of London, stands the imposing, boxlike building that is the new home of the two papers, as well as of the tabloids the Sun and the News of the World. Ringing the Wapping compound are surveillance cameras, fences 8 ft. high and thick coils of concertina wire studded with razor blades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Revolution on Fleet Street | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

Forget, even, about Navy's Mike Greene, who ran a 46.9 second 400 meters anchoring the Midshipmen's mile relay squad, and came within a half-second of the American record in the 500 meters. He was only named Outstanding Male Athlete...

Author: By Ted Ullyot, | Title: The Unsung Hero of Heptagonals | 3/1/1986 | See Source »

Those who've decided to make the trip down Mass Ave. are James Rusell (weights), James Umlas (800 meters), Doug Boyd and Chris Sullivan (both high jump). The Crimson is also sending distance medley-and two-mile relay teams...

Author: By Ted Ullyot, | Title: The Unsung Hero of Heptagonals | 3/1/1986 | See Source »

...hours later, in the distance medley relay, anchorman Sheehan took the baton from Hugh Cole and began his mile leg 20 yards behind Harris. He gradually chased down the midshipman, moving into striking position with two laps...

Author: By Ted Ullyot, | Title: Thinclads Place 5th | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

...recorded for Marcos added anger and outrage to the tension building across the far-flung archipelago. Tentatively but with increasing signs of determination, Aquino supporters were starting to take their frustrations into the streets. Wav- ing clenched fists and chanting "Fight! Fight!," thousands of Filipinos marched in a 13-mile procession through the capital. They escorted the flag-draped coffin of Evelio Javier, 43, a regional Aquino campaign chairman who had been brutally gunned down days earlier in the province of Antique. Though far smaller in scale, the Javier funeral demonstration reminded many Filipinos of the huge outpourings of grief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going into the Streets | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

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