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...slices decisively through rich Iowa farmland, where the dirt is almost as dark as the two-lane asphalt ribbon that bisects the table-flat prairie west of Fort Dodge. The highway dips, then rises gently to Sac City, a town devastated by plunging crop prices, sagging spirits and the near collapse of rural America in the past decade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sac City Fights for Survival | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

...died in the 1967 launch-pad tragedy as well. Democratic Representative Mickey Leland of Texas urged that the "true heroes" all be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. At the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, a photo of Challenger's crew, draped in black ribbon, was placed beside a 12- ft.-high model of the shuttle. The museum kept running a film, narrated by Walter Cronkite, with scenes of Judy Resnik and Dick Scobee on previous space missions. The documentary is called The Dream Is Alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: They Slipped the Surly Bonds of Earth to Touch the Face of God | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

...celebrators at yesterday's "Grand and Gala Ribbon Cutting and O-Fish-ial Opening of Briggs Hall" did not let concerns about the future hamper their enjoyment of the present...

Author: By Nina E. Sonenberg, | Title: Cabot's Briggs Hall Opens After Facelift | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...party's terrific," said Horner, who helped Bok cut the ribbon. "I hope they get the rest of it done," she added...

Author: By Nina E. Sonenberg, | Title: Cabot's Briggs Hall Opens After Facelift | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...mile ribbon of Mexican Pacific coastline that stretches from Manzanillo to Acapulco has long been considered one of the world's beautiful places, home to a sprinkling of fishing hamlets and resorts. Yet beneath the indigo waves and silky white beaches lies a jagged fault line that could be one of the deadliest in the Western Hemisphere. It was this fault that erupted under the Pacific last week, causing the earthquake that measured 7.8 on the Richter scale,* rocked coastal towns and brought disaster to Mexico City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anatomy of an Earthquake | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

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