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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that is where the documentary--and much current thinking about Vietnam--goes astray. The disastrous American intervention emerged not as an ill-advised adventure doomed from the start, but as a mammouth screw-up. It ended in failure not because America tried to suppress a civil war it could neither control nor understand, but because the military hierarchy malfunctioned and the civilians in command lacked the will power to force matters to a successful conclusion. If only we had not "fought with one hand tied behind our back," America would have won this war just...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: The Trouble With Vietnam | 1/29/1982 | See Source »

Probing deeper into the ways of the government itself, Fromson illustrates how allegedly cooperative bodies strive to screw one another rather than serve the people. On the Hill, congressional committees sabotage hearings sponsored by other panels in a tragicomic battle for jurisdictional preeminence. Over in the executive branch, Smithers at State witholds information from Cunningham at Commerce because when Cunningham used to work at State they had clashed over who should attend an inter-agency conference sponsored by Treasury. Everyone writes memos and formulates operative alternatives, but most of the time elected officials hear only what they want to hear...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Workaday Washington | 1/18/1982 | See Source »

...last couple of weeks, both the men's and women's hockey teams lost to B.U. in frustrating fashion. If the Beanpot in February seems too long to wait to shout "Screw B.U.!" then your best chance for revenge is tonight at the Bright Center, where the icewomen will take another shot at the Terriers...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Icewomen to Battle Terriers | 12/8/1981 | See Source »

...rates of adolescents. A sweet taste speeds the heart by 2% or 3%, bitter and sour tastes race the pulse 17% to 20% faster. Steiner, in long-term test studies of infants, discovered that first reactions to smells are inborn, not acquired. Newborns react positively to pleasant odors and screw up their faces in response to unpleasant ones, even before they have tasted any food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Nose Knows More Ways Than One | 11/30/1981 | See Source »

...come to be known by one and all, jumped right in, determined to keep up with her male siblings. And if at first she wasn't very successful, it didn't seem to bother Cat much. If she juggled the ball five times and then screwed up, she was just that much more determined to not screw up the next time. It was a learning experience, and Cat knew she was going to get better...

Author: By John Rippey, | Title: Cat Ferrante | 11/20/1981 | See Source »

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