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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that have been used are mycotoxins? I think the problem of the use of the term yellow rain is it's become almost a generic term for chemical warfare. It's been popularized. I use it to mean a popular term that designates a general chemical warfare, but I prefer not to use the term yellow rain actually...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bumblebees or the Soviet Union? | 11/10/1983 | See Source »

Last week a Manchester, N.H., poll showed that its residents prefer former Vice President Mondale to Glenn more than 2 to 1. The endorsement of Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis went to Mondale instead of Glenn. Political insiders say such losses are all too typical of Glenn's slow-moving and thinly spread campaign machine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trying to Put Glenn in Orbit | 11/7/1983 | See Source »

...second Oiler coach since Phillips, Chuck Studley, says bafflingly, "We're certainly still in a position to go either way." Since Studley has been in charge scarcely three weeks and is yet too new to boo, the Houston Astrodome patrons have been brutalizing Quarterback Gifford Nielsen. They prefer Oliver Luck, Nielsen's wonderfully named understudy. Few players on any football team are as highly regarded by the public as the back-up quarterback...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bootlegs and Saddles | 11/7/1983 | See Source »

...first introduced Harper to Polish intelligence officials and was cut in on a deal under which Hugle allegedly was to get a third of the money paid by the Poles for the theft of U.S. defense secrets (the Poles, however, according to the affidavit, later told Harper they would prefer to bypass Hugle and deal with Harper directly). Attorney Dougherty says that Harper has been "scared to death that Hugle would kill him." Hugle has been charged with nothing; he is testifying before a grand jury in the San Francisco area but has been silent publicly. The other principal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Love of Money and Adventure | 10/31/1983 | See Source »

...prosaic era of social pussyfooting and dingdong mentalities elsewhere the Band reminded us that Harvard was hard on the course of intellectual rigor. The Band even occasionally pricked our social conscience, but always our senses of tolerance and humor. Should the academic authorities to dickering here? I rather prefer your reported response of the Band's senior member, our Mom Alice let the Band run the Band. Respectfully yours, Antonio Rosamann '63. J.D. '71 Professor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Band Restraint | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

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