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Could the Soviets have mistaken their target for a U.S. RC-135 reconnaissance plane that had been on a mission in the region near where the Korean jet went off course? Marshal Ogarkov reiterated the Soviet claim that the KAL plane was on a spy mission and flew in tandem with the RC-135 for ten minutes so that the blips of the two planes merged on Soviet radar screens. When they separated, he implied, the Soviets could not tell which was which. U.S. officials dismiss this scenario as ludicrous. The two planes, they say, passed each other 86 miles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Explaining the Inexplicable | 9/19/1983 | See Source »

...considerable 35% of general programming, entertainment only 24%. One recent highlight: The Silk Road, a multimilliondollar, 30-hour epic that explores contemporary life along the ancient Chinese and Central Asian routes followed by the silk caravans. NHK's second channel is dedicated to education and often works in tandem with the nation's primary schools. It also offers Shakespeare, symphonic music, Noh plays and Kabuki drama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Lofty TV Goals | 8/1/1983 | See Source »

Before the trial, Rather complained that the case, coming in tandem with a $120 million libel suit filed against CBS by General William Westmoreland, could have a chilling effect on investigative reporting. Said he: "In five years, maybe nobody will do this kind of story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Star Witness | 6/6/1983 | See Source »

...netwomen had entered the doubles competition in front, 4-2, and needed only one victory to polish off the Tigers for a while it seemed as if the number one doubles tandem of sophomore Elizabeth Evans and junior Maria Pe would play the role of match winners, as they turned in a flawless set of tennis, blanking Joy Cummings and Jan Shel burne, 6-0, in the first...

Author: By Mohammed Kashani-sabrt, | Title: Netwomen Top Princeton Clinch Tie for Ivy Title | 5/5/1983 | See Source »

...second stanza saw the spikes forging ahead, 5-1, thanks to another Ross ace and pinpoint setting from the Martin tandem Princeton out the deficit to one, 5-4, through Norman and Julian Herencia's short spikes...

Author: By Mohammed Kashani-sabet, | Title: Spikers Nab First Ivy Championship, Down Princeton in Final, 15-9, 15-8 | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

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