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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perception is reality. It has long been an axiom for soldiers. "All warfare is based on deception," said Sun Tzu, the great 4th century B.C. Chinese strategist whose prize pupil turned out to be Mao Tse-tung. The Greeks understood that principle when they set sail from Troy, leaving behind only a large wooden horse. Macduff knew it when he disguised his soldiers with branches from Birnam Wood as they marched against Macbeth. In World War II, the Allies created a phantom First U.S. Army Group, outfitted with rubber tanks and canvas landing barges (courtesy of the Shepperton movie studios...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Marshal Potemkin, Meet Your Fans | 11/28/1983 | See Source »

...John Gibbons LB 5-11 183 Se. Holyoke, MA 9 Greg Gizzi QB 5-11 185 Sr. Irvington, NY 52 Charlie Godinez OC 5-10 200 Se. McAllen, TX 79 Bernie Guekguezian DT 6-1 240 Se. Fresno, CA 11 Mike Hands QB 6-3 190 Se. Sun Prairic, WI 39 Chris Hannan LB 5-10 185 Se. Hyde Park, MA 64 Alex Hart SE 6-1 215 Jr. Pales Verdos, CA 80 Mike Hart SE 6-1 176 Se. Pales Verdos, CA 26 Richard Heine SE 6-1 185 Jr. Chicago, IL 45 Rob Hobert...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard alphabetical roster | 11/16/1983 | See Source »

...jail was dark, and the sun rose slowly. John told me later it was the worst night of his life. Sarah later wrote a paper for Professor Robert Coles's class about her talk with the prostitute...

Author: By Thomas J.meyer, | Title: The New Haven Nine | 11/16/1983 | See Source »

...here promoted to the role of a modern-day usurper, named Helene. As in Guerre, she starts out as the victim--this time, eight months pregnant, abandoned on the roadside by a villainous boyfriend. Desperate, Helene invests what money she has in a ticket to "the train to the sun," on the train she meets another pregnant woman. Patricia Meyrand and her husband, who are on their way to meet his parents in Bordeaux Loud, kind, and as aggressive as Helene is retiring. Patricia tries to look out for the abandoned woman, regaling her with memories of California--"Where dames...

Author: By Hanne-marie Majala, | Title: Harlequin Romance | 11/15/1983 | See Source »

Although the Sun-Times (circ. 639,000) was in the black ($3.3 million) last year, the rival Tribune (circ. 751,000) has 64.5% of the advertising market. Murdoch assured the Sun-Times's 2,000 employees last week that no major changes were planned. Few were convinced. Some fear that Murdoch's political conservatism will still the paper's liberal voice. While the Sun-Times condemned the Grenada invasion, Murdoch's Post endorsed it. Another warning: at a press conference, the new owner noted that recent acquisitions now receiving the Murdoch treatment "are making great progress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Cash Deal | 11/14/1983 | See Source »

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