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...issue is not one of technique; this was not merely a "mistake," a "blunder," a "screw-up." The use of military force was unjustified and wrong. It was wrong because President Carter acted as he has always acted, with an ear to the polls and feeling the sting of a defeat in the Pennsylvania primary. It was wrong because eight American soldiers died in an unnecessary military action. It was wrong because it was conducted in complete secrecy, in defiance of the spirit of a democratic society, as embodied in the War Powers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Same Old Mistakes | 4/26/1980 | See Source »

Meyer and Miller whipped the Eagles' second doubles combination in the only match of the day that extended to three sets. The Crimson duo battled back after a 5-7 first set loss to sting Lynch and Santaniello in the final two sets...

Author: By Gregg F. Clifton, | Title: Netwomen End Drought With 9-0 Win | 4/17/1980 | See Source »

...stunts before the season officially ends April 20. ABC has moved up the annual Academy Award telecast (April 14) to an earlier starting hour, 9 p.m. E.S.T., so that more of that perennial ratings juggernaut will play during prime time. ABC will also rerun the hit movie The Sting on April 20, ahead of schedule. Not to be ambushed, CBS has slipped in Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones, a two-part TV movie, just before the closing of the ratings season. Should this show prove a smash one-two punch, CBS may once more be known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Ratings Gambit | 4/14/1980 | See Source »

...initial feeling of claustrophobia when the door closes behind them and they are isolated in an 8-ft.-long, 4-ft.-high space and 10 in. of water. "It smells," says one, "like day-old bath water." The 28% saline solution makes skin nicks and scratches smart and can sting the eyes. But, like most addicted tankheads, floaters experience a form of euphoria, though not necessarily as intense as the state reported by a 76-year-old salt in Minneapolis: "Now I can see the inside me/ While I float the outside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Nirvana in a Dank, Dark Tank | 3/24/1980 | See Source »

...Federal Bureau of Investigation uncovered the Goody scam through one of its now glamorous "sting" operations. The FBI probe started three years ago, when a strike force opened a record shop in Westbury, Long Island, with agents posing as owners and employees. A total of more than 200,000 cloned tapes worth millions were eventually involved. Most of the fakes were sound tracks of the movies Grease and Saturday Night Fever. Other popular copies included hits by Pop Stars Billy Joel, Olivia Newton-John and Paul McCartney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Goody Behavior | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

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