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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Aspin estimated that Midgetman would cost $44.5 billion during its 20-year life span. In that same period, the United States will spend $480 billion on other long-range nuclear weapons, meaning that Midgetman would take up about 5 percent of the strategic budget, he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Committee Report Supports New Missile | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

...span of five hours this afternoon, the outcome of both Ivy League swimming titles will be determined, and with a large crowd expected, there will be no lack of adrenaline among swimmers and coaches alike...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bigtime at Blodgett | 2/8/1986 | See Source »

...People are very serious and there is a high degree of intensity because they're anxious to accomplish in a short span of time," says Salter, who is taking six courses...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Back to School for Nation's Politicos | 1/31/1986 | See Source »

While complete records are not available, it is thought that Dodson's dunk--the first of the two against the Judges--was the first by a Harvard player since Ken Plutnicki's slam in the final contest of the 1983-84 season, a span of almost 40 games...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Be-Deviled Hoopsters Hit The Road | 1/31/1986 | See Source »

...across a vast span of time and distance, a movie director, working artfully in his own medium, has answered her spirit and amplified it. Would that have surprised Dinesen? Very likely. But it should not surprise anyone who has watched Pollack's career develop. Straightforward and self-effacing stylistically, he has touched films as diverse as a transvestite farce (Tootsie) and a contemplation of journalistic ethics (Absence of Malice) with his own romantic idealism. Now he has allowed it to overflow the boundaries of his admirable professionalism. This is, in today's cultural climate, an unspeakably gallant act, but also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Where the Wild Things Were Out of Africa | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

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