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Dates: during 1980-1989
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David L. Duncan '93, who organized the lights over east Holworthy, said the other patterns had also been damaged, adding that the lights nearest the ground were torn down Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Steal the Spirit In Holworthy's Holiday | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

...counterespionage, the FBI is taking a much more candid approach. This month it began running an unusual help-wanted ad in a Russian-language newspaper in New York City to make a very public plea: anyone having "direct knowledge of KGB methods or operations" should call or write the nearest FBI office. The ad provides telephone numbers, including that of a counterintelligence section conveniently manned by Russian-speaking agents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American: Notes ESPIONAGE Seen a Spy? Call the FBI | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

Three miles down the road is Robin Van Norman's nearest neighbor, Jim Wright. From his house Wright can gaze up at a rugged outcropping where Freeport has found a modest ore body. If the site is mined, Wright worries, what will happen to a gurgling, gushing spring that forms the headwaters of Niagara Creek, which in turn fills a large reservoir Wright uses to irrigate a wide green hay meadow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Carlin Trend, Nevada There's Holes in Them Thar Hills | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

...backup Lion signal-caller Russ Scott ever sees Crimson defensive back Jon Lawrence walking down the street, he'll probably find the nearest phone booth to hide in. Lawrence picked off Scott's last two passes of the game, although a penalty nullified the first interception...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Testing out the Rushing Theory | 9/20/1989 | See Source »

...call, air controllers directed the plane to continue eastward for an emergency landing at Dubuque, Iowa, 240 miles away. The pilot sensed a momentary regaining of some control. But then he lost it again. At 3:20 he declared that he faced an "emergency" and had to find the nearest landing spot. Controllers suggested he turn back to the west to reach Sioux City, a Missouri River town where one of the airport's runways is 9,000 ft. long. That could easily handle a DC-10. But Sioux City was 70 miles away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brace! Brace! Brace! | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

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