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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With forced bravado, some sought to laugh off their experience. A radio station in the area broadcast a mock weather forecast: "Partly cloudy tomorrow with a 40% chance of survival." Another: "Two thousand degrees and bright." Yet another: "What's the five-day forecast for Harrisburg?" "Two days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Back From The Brink | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

...Kampala radio broadcast urged Ugandans to find Amin. "He deserves the gallows," the victorious exiles in control of the radio station said yesterday. They also demanded that his officers surrender within two hours, "or be dealt with accordingly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Idi Amin's Troops Flee While Civilians Loot City | 4/13/1979 | See Source »

Tass News Agency said a malfunction in the "approach correction power unit" of the space capsule caused the last minute cancellation of the docking with the space station. Two Soviets, Vladimir Lyakhov and Valerie Ryumin, have been orbiting in Salyut 6 for six and one-half weeks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soviet-Bulgarian Space Team Fails in Mission | 4/13/1979 | See Source »

...first, attempt to dock with a space station was aborted in 1971 without any explanation. The next manned mission, Soyuz 11, put three men aboard the space station Salyut 1. But the cosmonauts were killed on their return to earth when their cabin lost its pressurization...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soviet-Bulgarian Space Team Fails in Mission | 4/13/1979 | See Source »

...what about the Bruins, the Adams Division champs from North Station? Players and fans are wondering. Though plagued by injuries, Boston nonetheless jumped off to a superb first half of the year and challenged Montreal and the Islanders for the league's best record until suffering a cold shut-down in January. Bruins need to get back on the line in a hurry, or will not even get the privilege of losing to Montreal in the semis...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Montreal, Islanders Favorites for Cup | 4/10/1979 | See Source »

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