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Navy officials reported the forward mast broke on the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship in the United States, which is docked in Charlestown

Author: By Joseph Menn, | Title: Law Prof Prosecutes U.S. at World Court | 9/28/1985 | See Source »

Finally, late last week, several leading South African businessmen flew to neighboring Zambia for a six-hour meeting with the exiled leaders of the African National Congress, the oldest black South African political organization, which is outlawed at home. The businessmen, led by Gavin Relly, head of the giant Anglo American Corporation, were undeterred by Botha's warning that such a meeting would be "a disloyal act," and afterward pronounced it a success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: Cracks in the System | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

...turmoil in El Salvador took an especially ugly turn last week when Ines Guadelupe Duarte Duran, the 35-year-old daughter of President Jose Napoleon Duarte, was kidnaped by several armed assailants in downtown San Salvador, the capital. Duarte Duran, a divorced mother of three and the oldest of the President's six children, was seized outside the New San Salvador University, where she has been studying public relations. Ana Cecilia Villeda, a 23-year- old student and Duarte Duran's former secretary, was also abducted. One of Duarte Duran's two bodyguards was killed by gunfire; the other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: El Salvador: Missing: Duarte's Daughter | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

Both schools were founded in the 1600s (W & M, the nation's second oldest college, opened its doors in 1696), both teams were one game over .500 last year, and both have an established quarterback behind an untested and unproven line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the Road to THE GAME | 9/18/1985 | See Source »

Both schools were founded in the 1600s (W & M, the nation's second oldest college, opened its doors in 1696), both teams were one game over .500 last year, and both have an established quarterback behind an untested and unproven line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the Road to THE GAME | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

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