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Dadaian had reportedly been carrying dynamic detonators and a timer in a suitcase. He was being held last night on 51 million balt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FBI Charges California Man With Transporting Explosives | 10/25/1982 | See Source »

People behave in odd and unaccountable ways during fires. Such holocausts can still instill strange hilarity in some, or make even the most trained and disciplined person break down. One of our neighbors--another old-timer--served cocktails on the veranda as the fire crept over the hill. Another nearby resident, an experienced stewardess, drove while-eyed and panic-stricken down the hill in the family's only car, leaving her husband, her daughter and her horses stranded in the path of the oncoming flames...

Author: By Wendy L. Wall, | Title: Trial by Fire | 10/21/1982 | See Source »

...been putting together modest ($25,000 to $125,000 per share) horse-investment deals for years. Says she: "It's smart to pool your resources with a lot of other people. You can get in on eight or nine horses for the price of one." Every small-timer remembers that Triple Crown Winner Seattle Slew was bought by comparative newcomers for $17,500 and syndicated for $12 million. The Thoroughbred market of today, however, resembles the publishing industry: the blockbusters are fine, while the middling books are in trouble. The Wall Street Journal recently checked out 26 horse-investing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Breeders, Place Your Bets | 8/23/1982 | See Source »

...difference between this year's Crimson and first-rate college teams is mostly knowledge about the game. Harvard needs a coach who can teach the timer points Unfortunately such coaches are not hanging around to be a part time tag-on athletic--department Palm says...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Are They Too Good? | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

...TIME'S cover-including Marc Chagall, Thomas Hart Benton and James Thurber. "What company to be in!" said Baker. TIME'S Washington Bureau then dispatched Photographer Roddey Mims to Baker's home town of Huntsville, Tenn., to help set up the shooting. Armed with tripod and timer, the Senator went through twelve rolls of Kodak Ektachrome ASA-64 film in his 2¼-by-2¼ Hasselblad, while Mims backed him up with Kodachrome in his Nikon motordrive. As the shooting proceeded, Baker began to relax. "This is the most fun I have had in two months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Apr. 26, 1982 | 4/26/1982 | See Source »

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