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...challenge the U.S. on the surface, Moscow has built the world's largest, and in some ways most advanced, fleet of nuclear- powered submarines. While the undertaking produced such vessels as the titanium-hulled Alfa-class boats, so expensive that only six were built, it also produced newer Soviet sub classes that go faster, travel deeper and carry more weapons than their American rivals. Moscow's Oscar-class attack submarines are the most heavily armed on the seas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union The Big Shake-Up | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

...triumphs tomorrow night, it will be quite a story. Unfortunately for the sport, Tuesday's papers won't trumpet the return of one of the all-time greats to the top of the boxing world. And it's highly unlikely they'll berate Tyson for poor preparation or a sub-par peformance...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Women KO'd in Media's Ring | 6/26/1988 | See Source »

...anarchy and commotion of the '60s were given voice in the exploding exclamation marks, riotous capital letters and Day-Glo italics of Tom Wolfe's spray-paint prose; and in Communist societies, where the State is absolute, the dignity -- and divinity -- of capital letters is reserved for Ministries, Sub-Committees and Secretariats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: In Praise of the Humble Comma | 6/13/1988 | See Source »

...vivre centered around Adams House, wearing black and the late night smoke-filled scenes at Tommy's Lunch and the Cafe Pamplona. Khalil jokes that she spends "half my life" at Tommy's and her striking appearance makes her one of the most well-known members of a sub-community, which includes Adams residents and international students, who follow her lead...

Author: By James E. Schwartz, | Title: From Under The Veil... | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

Pananen is now back in Cambridge, finishing his sophomore year. But when the biology concentrator looks back to the hardest moments of the last several years, he doesn't only talk about falling into freezing rivers or living alone in sub-zero temperatures. He'll just as soon mention taking Chemistry 10 as a freshman...

Author: By Thomas C. Troyer, | Title: Adjusting to College in the Lower 48 | 5/16/1988 | See Source »

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