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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kostakos began his career at Harvard as a tight end, "Last year, they [the coaches] asked me to switch," he explains...

Author: By Richard L. Meyer, | Title: GEORGE KOSTAKOS | 11/8/1984 | See Source »

...first switch wasn't his only one. "First I was center, then a guard, then a tackle, a guard again, center, and tackle," he says...

Author: By Richard L. Meyer, | Title: GEORGE KOSTAKOS | 11/8/1984 | See Source »

...American backed Anti-Sandinista rebels in Nicauragua, this nifty manual contains all the techniques a tyroterrorist could ever want to know, from choosing your next assassination to blackmailing people into turning stoolie. The guiding theme is that a policy of infiltration and "implied terror" can force the populace to switch its allegiance from the ruling government to the rebels...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: How-To War | 10/23/1984 | See Source »

...like a huge switch was thrown," exulted Mondale in an interview with TIME. "Enormous crowds, but not just that; the nature of the crowds too. Every time you shake hands, it's like a pile-up on the goal line. Several hundred people trying to get to you. I've never experienced anything like that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Walter Mondale: Getting a Second Look | 10/22/1984 | See Source »

...reasons for Sony's switch have been clear for some time As the market for audio and video equipment has grown more crowded sales of Sony's higher-priced goods have slowed. Meanwhile, the company's ventures into new markets, like personal computers, have seemed sluggish and halfhearted. The worst blow came in videotape recorders. Sony's Betamax, which started the home-taping explosion, has been overtaken in sales by the VHS format adopted by most of its rivals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Companies: Sony Shifts Electronic Gears | 10/22/1984 | See Source »

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