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...cease-fire, a first for the 18-year-old rebel insurgency. But the truce broke down last month amid bitter charges and countercharges. The Ministry of Defense estimates that at least 350 people have died since the fighting resumed. The violence often plays out in a lethal tit for tat. Last week, after government troops killed 13 guerrillas on the island of Mindanao, the rebels ambushed and killed 37 soldiers in two separate attacks. Meanwhile, a bomb ripped through the grandstand at the Philippine Military Academy in the resort town of Baguio. Since President Aquino was scheduled to attend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Sharpening the Swords of War | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

Transatlantic cables have been in operation since 1858, when the first working telegraph line was laid between Newfoundland and Ireland after many failed attempts. But radio was the only means of transmitting telephone calls across the ocean until 1956, when the first voice-carrying cable was completed. Dubbed TAT-1, for transatlantic, the $49.5 million telephone cable connected Newfoundland with Scotland and could carry 52 telephone calls. More cables followed, but the number of available wires remained well below demand until recent years. The last conventional cable to be installed, TAT-7, was built in 1983 for $191 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: London Calling, on a Beam of Light | 1/19/1987 | See Source »

...that activity has been good to her. A millionaire at 45, Brody is a testament to her own blend of scientific findings and personal experiences. Her taut 5-ft., 105-lb. frame radiates energy. Her loud voice spews words at a rat-a-tat pace. Even the salt-and-pepper curls around her face seem to crackle with vitality. A few years ago in New York City, the pint-size journalist fearlessly ran down a 6-ft., 13-year-old mugger who had snatched a watch from her neck. The kid must not have been following her exercise regimen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: See Jane Run (and Do Likewise) | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

...Moscow, Gennady Gerasimov, a spokesman for the Soviet Foreign Ministry, said "if the United States will insist on continuing this game of tit-for-tat, then this can continue indefinitely. We consider it is time to stop...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan Administration Expels 55 Soviets | 10/22/1986 | See Source »

UNITED STATES: Playing tit for tat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page September 15, 1986 Vol. 128 No. 11 | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

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