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Highways rimming the coast, medieval citadels in old settlements and modern hotels broken up by the initial 50-second tremor slid into the sea after a series of violent aftershocks, local officials reported...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Earthquake Hits Yugoslavia, Kills 235 | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

...around on the ice. The Major suggested that I make an attempt to break all records for driving a golf ball. We selected a suitable spot and I managed to hit a good one which, with a strong wind, carried to the ice and, once on the smooth surface, slid across the lake and landed in a snow bank on the other side. The Major was highly elated over the stunt and decided to measure the distance...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The First Swing of Spring | 4/10/1979 | See Source »

Senior Steve Higgins notched the winning goal for the Big Green, capitalizing on a blunder by B.U. goalie Jim Craig. Craig stopped an initial Higgins shot, dropped the puck and began to stickhandle up the ice. Higgins checked Craig from behind and slid a backhander into the unattended goal at 3:5 of the third period...

Author: By Peter Mcloughlin, | Title: Dartmouth and UNH Triumph, Reach ECAC Hockey Final | 3/10/1979 | See Source »

...author seriously intend to suggest that Eisenhower, Dulles and Kermit Roosevelt were moved by "moral fervor" to save "democracy" for Iranians, rather than to preserve control of Iranian oil for American companies? It is important to recall that Mossadegh enjoyed overwhelming popular and parliamentary support, and that the ground "slid from beneath his feet" largely because the United States and Great Britain organized a boycott of nationalized Iranian...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The CIA in Iran | 2/17/1979 | See Source »

...cigarettes. Soon the air was thick with smoke. And soon the two leaders discovered that they liked dealing with each other. There was no posturing and no haggling during the three face-to-face sessions. At one point, Michel Oksenberg, the National Security Council's China specialist, slid a scribbled note across the table to Presidential Aide Hamilton Jordan. The euphoric message: "This is a historic meeting. You are witnessing the takeoff of Sino-American relations." Another White House aide said of Carter and Teng: "It's impossible to exaggerate the significance of their personal rapport. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Teng's Triumphant Tour | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

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