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For hours after the flames died down, thick clouds of smoke covered the charred remnants of buildings. In one burned-out house, water still gushed into a bathtub. Broken gas lines blazed like torches in the remains of apartments; the twisted hulks of blackened cars were scattered through the rubble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Morning Filled with Flames | 5/3/1982 | See Source »

Other disciples, seated at terminals scattered around the room, are no less absorbed. Meilin Wong, 15, chic in blue velour blouse, jeans and Bass moccasins, is trying to figure out what went wrong with her business data-management program. She is an old hand at such troubleshooting, having spent much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Come the Microkids | 5/3/1982 | See Source »

The most salient characteristic of the referendum was actually what was missing. Except for a University funded publicity drive which produced leaflets and posters, there was little or no talk of the plan for a new government. Although the handful of students who had finalized the constitution and organized the...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: No Time for Celebration | 4/16/1982 | See Source »

One of the only mixable areas on its lease Martiki will not exploit is a small cemetery currently standing on 60-foot diameter column of rock in which the valuable coal seams are clearly visible. Martik; was able to get permission to move most of the graves scattered over their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mines Shape County and Land | 4/15/1982 | See Source »

Not only did the guerrillas fail to intimidate voters, they were able to mount only scattered skirmishes in place of a promised nationwide offensive. Yet, by blocking voting in the eastern town of Usulutan (pop. 41,000), the media-wise rebels attracted almost as much journalistic attention as they would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Missing a Story in El Salvador | 4/12/1982 | See Source »

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