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...Pentagon has tried to justify the losses from the air strike with the conclusion that the raid was "very successful and achieved our objective" of ending attacks on U.S. reconnaissance flights, which have already resumed. That view is mistaken, according to some military experts familiar with the Middle East. "I'll be surprised if the attack managed to do much lasting damage to Syrian antiaircraft capabilities," said one analyst, who predicted that the Syrians would soon redeploy their batteries. That raises not only the possibility of further strikes from U.S. forces but also the question of how such strikes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Went Wrong | 12/19/1983 | See Source »

There are very few Harvard basketball players who could possibly be mistaken for pituitary cases, but the underlying question remains: What's so fascinating about a bunch of bowlegged guys trying to stuff a ball through a hoop...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Let's Get Physical | 12/13/1983 | See Source »

...ASAT attack on either country's military satellites, partially "blinding" the enemy to possible ICBM attack, might by itself prompt the blinded nation to launch nuclear missiles. Moreover, ASATS would in crease the risk that an electronic malfunction in either country's warning system could be mistaken for an enemy attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Step Closer to Star Wars | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

Like 1981's Tattoo You, it confirms that the Stones, in hearty middle age as a band, are on a fresh roll. "Negotiations and love songs," Paul Simon observes, "are often mistaken for one and the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Tripping Through Old Times | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

...theme of exasperating love, of life with half a loaf, is a constant that puts the narrator's more transitory emotions in humorous perspective. Among them is a case of heebie-jeebies brought on by a side trip to Ireland. In a set piece that could be mistaken for a parody of Hitchcock, Kate makes her way in a balky rental car to a coastal castle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Illuminations and Reflections | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

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