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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...flattened. One of the first things he did when he got out of the hospital was to supervise the construction of a fortified fruit stand at a right angle to his gas pumps, thereby shielding himself from the side of the road that sacked him. "Those pillars are sunk four feet deep, and each one is set in a wheelbarrow full of concrete," he explained. "Not even a train could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Alabama: Undefeated Champion | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

...link our unilateral decision to anything the Syrians do. They want to stay in Lebanon, let them stay. Militarily, for Israel, I would prefer to see two divisions in Lebanon than the whole Syrian army on the Golan Heights. I know that whoever sets his foot in Lebanon has sunk into the Lebanese (swamp). They want it, let them enjoy it. We want one thing: that they do not move closer to our borders. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel an Interview with Yitzhak Rabin | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

...Mediterranean yields a vessel sunk perhaps 3,400 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Bounty from the Oldest Shipwreck | 12/17/1984 | See Source »

...second half, when that shot stopped falling--Dartmouth sunk a miserable 28 percent from the field--the Green fell back on the egregious foul...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: The Hottest Game in Town | 12/12/1984 | See Source »

...where most of Mimi's singing is done. It seems doubtful that her deficiencies are readily curable. She must have known early in rehearsal that the experts had been right to say that a pop singer could not make the leap to Boheme. She might have quit then and sunk a production that depended heavily on her name. That she stayed to take her critical lumps may have been arrogance, or it may have been a rare act of gallantry. ?By John Skow

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Petit Opera, Not Grand | 12/10/1984 | See Source »

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