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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...South India. People lined the streets and waved as always. Traffic came to a standstill as the official convoy went by. In the hot Indian sunshine, she seemed tireless and determined, her strong features and white-streaked hair lent her an air of invincibility. To me, she embodied the strength of India, its achievements, its aspirations and its very spirit. For many Indians, there is today a personal sense of loss. Indira was not always one of the world's greatest leaders. We saw her as a shy and much loved daughter of her father, a mother...

Author: By Vijaya Ramachandran, | Title: Remembering Indira Gandhi | 11/17/1984 | See Source »

...spend the next four days in the hospital and the next three weeks on the sidelines. Though he returned to play in four of the Crimson's final five games, including last year's Yale game, he had lost between 15 and 20 pounds and never fully regained his strength...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Crimson field marshal | 11/16/1984 | See Source »

...presumably, less aggressive "All of a sudden." Restic says of the razzle-dazzle, make their heads spin system that's brought this year's Crimson to $ 3 million overall, 54 IVY. "it's Crimson negated all that strength that...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Different Strokes | 11/16/1984 | See Source »

Cozza's squads have been known for and wide for the strength they-have-or had. Until a couple of years ago. But yale suffered through its worst season ever, a 1-9 campagin, in 1983. The year before, the Bulldogs went...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Different Strokes | 11/16/1984 | See Source »

Maybe, maybe not. Even if Soviet fighters had been aboard the freighters, the military threat these obsolete planes pose is inconsequential. Certainly they would have represented a worrisome escalation in Nicaragua's military strength, but they pose little danger to American air superiority in the area, particularly since Nicaragua does not have pilots experienced enough to fly the MiGs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Old Mistakes | 11/16/1984 | See Source »

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