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...remained at work. On the day of the strikers' return-to-work deadline, Boston Correspondent John Yang drove to Hollis, N.H., where he witnessed a rally by two local chapters of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization. Says Yang: "Their singing and cheering erupted into a frenzied roar at the 11 a.m. deadline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Aug. 17, 1981 | 8/17/1981 | See Source »

...them had ever held a brush. When they got to the car there was a notice on it that said the convertible was being converted to a condominium and they had the option to buy. From Huntington Avenue came the sounds of turbo-powered portable stereos and the roar of Trans-Ams. The name of such cars was not lost on them. Suddenly, the Colonel was at their elbows...

Author: By Thomas Hines, | Title: Chivalry | 8/4/1981 | See Source »

...shone brightly as technicians aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Coontz checked over its complement of guided missiles. Suddenly, at 3:05 p.m. last Tuesday, a flash and a roar broke the quiet of the tropic afternoon. Officers on the bridge watched horrified as a 15-ft.-long Harpoon, loaded with high explosives, soared off over the blue-green waters of the Caribbean toward the resort island of St. Croix. It vanished completely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pardon Us... | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

...bright summer day, when suddenly all of Beirut shook with the roar of bombers and the thunder of antiaircraft artillery. Small puffs of white smoke began to dot the sky as local militia groups fired in vain at the screaming jets. When the fury of the attack finally ended, two hours later, at least 200 people were dead and 600 injured, victims of the first Israeli air raid against the Lebanese capital since 1978. The target of the jets: specific Palestinian offices within the city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Escalating the Savagery | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

...rockers' driving, heavy beat sub sided. The roar of the synthesizers, the wailings of the guitars and the tom-tom tripping of the drummer were hushed as the chorus picked up a folk tune that sweetly blended, with no perceptible transition, into an Orthodox hymn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Lenin's Rockers | 7/20/1981 | See Source »

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