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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...close attention to the signals issuing from a talker's face, body and voice. In one of Ekman's experiments, all 50 members of a group of volunteers learned to pick up revealing microexpressions as brief as one twenty-fourth of a second. "Liars," he says, "usually do not monitor, control and disguise all of their behavior." Ekman's lessons come with one large caveat: even the best liar catchers cannot be right 100% of the time. The ear tugger, the evasive rambler and the fellow who refuses to look you in the eye may be lying, but they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Fine Art of Catching Liars | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

...combat aircraft, they boast 36 helicopters, including at least ten Soviet-made Hind gunships. Hopes that this military machine eventually may be cut back rose a bit last week. Representatives of Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Costa Rica, meeting in Panama, agreed to set up a commission to monitor the arms-reduction provisions of a regional treaty that they are trying to negotiate. But until an enforceable pact is in effect--if ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Training Friends and Scaring Foes | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

That the Russians are close to drooling in their desire to prevent the development of Star Wars becomes evident merely by glancing at the front page articles last month covering the start of the Geneva conference. The Christian Science Monitor noted about Reagan's idea: "It has brought the Soviets back to the negotiating table--with the clear aim of stopping the program." The New York Times itself has reported on the importance the Russians attach to Star Wars: "The Russians have said agreements to reduce the arsenals of nuclear bombs and missiles will depend on American willingness to limit...

Author: By Per H. Jebsen, | Title: Eat Crow, Yuppies | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

...person who left his watch in an envelope with the desk monitor at the IAB Wednesday returned later to find his envelope empty. The monitor originally on duty had been had been relieved for a shift change Police said similar disappearances have been reported at the IAB in the past...

Author: By Richard L. Meyer, | Title: Police Blotter | 4/6/1985 | See Source »

Companies like IBM, Exxon, and Ford (all of which Harvard invests in) furnish South Africa with the military and computer technology it needs to discipline and monitor the Black population, murder dissenters, and invade other nations...

Author: By Duncan Kennedy and Jamin B. Raskin, S | Title: Join the Movement | 4/4/1985 | See Source »

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