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...appearance. With considerable bravado, he described the ambush. "My first reaction was to get out of the car, but then I thought of my grandson at my side and covered his body with mine," he said. He displayed for the viewers a bandaged left hand, the result of a slight wound from flying glass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chile Pinochet's New State of Siege | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

...white 350th organizers and Harvard officials may well try to downplay the events of Thursday night as a slight aberration in an otherwise gratifying celebration, something besides a big dinner was spoiled Thursday night...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Let Him Eat Pizza | 9/6/1986 | See Source »

President Derek C. Bok, sporting a crimson-colored bow tie, Sissela Bok, and Francis H. Burr '35, chairman of the 350th Anniversary Cooutsideon, met the Prince and then proceded into Memorial Hall. The president greeted the Prince with a slight bow and flashed a wide grin in response to media requests for a smile...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Beginning is Formal, Frivolous | 9/4/1986 | See Source »

After Exeter's 1981 celebration, Stephenson took a job in the Harvard development office and began work on the sesquitercentenary. Several months ago, Stephenson, speaking in the slight Southern drawl since his North Carolina boyhood, described the move to Harvard as "a homecomming...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Orchestrating a Family Affair: Stephenson Juggles a Big Ball | 9/4/1986 | See Source »

Despite the new vulnerability of the oil exports that finance Iran's war effort, Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini remains determined to fight until he destroys the regime of Iraqi Strongman Saddam Hussein. Although Iran has a slight edge in the land war, Iraq in recent weeks has stepped up air attacks against targets deep inside Iran. In a retaliatory move hours before the Sirri attack, Iran for the first time in a year fired a Soviet-made Scud missile at Baghdad. Iraq said the weapon caused no damage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf in Harm's Way | 8/25/1986 | See Source »

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