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...could bemoan the loss of a man who is smart and ambitious enough to be President, a man who could only fall prey to his slight stature, his high-pitched voice, and a deadpan wit that would make him the hit of a Harvard party but an ass in Austin...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Politics and Family | 1/4/1985 | See Source »

Birdman of Prey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 19, 1984 | 11/19/1984 | See Source »

...evening to have his vote count for local delegates, who will then be mysteriously manipulated up the ladder of layered caucuses for a final choice. One could go on to more outlandish and contradictory rules, laws, regulations. This unworkable system leaves both the parties and the candidates prey to local and hard-bitten pressure groups, from the National Rifle Association to the Sierra Club, from the antiabortion zealots to the equally tough leaders of the women's movement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election '84: The Shaping of the Presidency 1984 | 11/19/1984 | See Source »

...fragile balance couldn't hold forever, and at 20 minutes into the second half, the first blow fell Greeley fell prey to the curse of this year's soccer captains--injury...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: UMass Shuts Out Women Booters in Quarterfinals | 11/10/1984 | See Source »

Soon after Jeffrey Peters heard two years ago that some hunters had trapped a rare Merlin falcon, he went to Utah to pick it up. Peters, a Columbia, Mo., high school biology teacher and Cub Scout leader, is an internationally respected researcher whose specialty is birds of prey. But he did not obtain a permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to transport the rare bird over state lines. As a result, he was snared in an undercover sting operation aimed at poachers who illegally supply falconers in the Middle East, where the ancient sport of hunting with trained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Justice: The Birdman of Leavenworth | 10/29/1984 | See Source »

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