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...Have you noticed," asked Ahmed Karabegovic, secretary-general of the organizing committee for the Sarajevo Games, "that all of the stores in the city still have the Olympic emblem in the windows and that many men wear this Olympic tie?" He thrust forward a cravat with a snowflake and five rings woven into its design. "It is a small thing, but it is significant. Before, our city was known as a town of ashes, the place where a war began. Now it is a town of the Olympics and of friendship; much has changed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Trying to Keep That Feeling | 3/11/1985 | See Source »

...five of us were trying everything to steady the plane," said Pilot Ming Yuan Ho, 55. Cruising at around 41,000 feet about 350 miles northwest of San Francisco, the Boeing 747 SP suddenly lost full power in one engine, and the other three began to operate with reduced thrust. The 325-ton bird dropped six miles in two minutes, practically turning upside down as it rolled to the right. The force of the fall ripped off the doors of the landing-gear compartment, and may have sent the 7-ft. by 4-ft. metal sheets tearing through the stabilizing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diving From the Heavens | 3/4/1985 | See Source »

Although the Guide is a University publication and officials help shape its editorial thrust, the actual writeups are free from official censorship, Okun says...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Course Guide Under Fire | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

Finding themselves down by 13, the hoopsters managed to keep Brown from taking complete control by evenly distributing the scoring. Harvard left for the locker room at halftime trailing 42-33. Junior Francea Hall provided Harvard's main offensive thrust contributing eight first-half points...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: Brown Dumps Women Hoopsters, 71-64 | 2/14/1985 | See Source »

...disappointing to compare the thrust of the two Reverent King, and Jackson, not only because of the things the Reverend Jackson did say but even more by what...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jackson's Visit: Sins of Omission | 2/4/1985 | See Source »

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