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Within 24 hours of graduating as the top physics concentrator in his Harvard class, Michio Kaku '68 found himself bald and in boot camp, learning how to toss grenades, dodge machine-gun fire, load an M-16 rifle and break a man's neck with his bare hands...

Author: By Teresa A. Mullin, | Title: Waging a One-Man War of Peace | 1/14/1987 | See Source »

...NAMES ARE SIMILAR: Crimson and Crimson Tide. Toss out the detergent and they are the same. By reputation, the two are a pair of the nation's foremost institutions--in the classroom it's Harvard, on the gridiron Alabama...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Roll Tide, Roll | 1/12/1987 | See Source »

Just in case the Harvard Law grad does decide to toss his hat into the ring, here are a few Duke facts you can impress your friends with at cocktail parties...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: after the facts | 1/9/1987 | See Source »

Both are true. On the surface, the rich and near rich have more money to toss around, so the values of the age appear callously self-directed. Yet the plight of the poor is a constant subject of concern and speculation, arising regularly in the platforms of both political parties and in public debate. Below the glacial surface of inactivity, real hearts stir on this issue, but they move nothing. This secret of the age has a secret of its own: we embrace all groups but the poor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Time Capsule: A Letter to the Year 2086 | 12/29/1986 | See Source »

...Israeli transfers of arms to Iran in 1985, but contended he was told little or nothing of the direct U.S. sales this year. Though the President signed an intelligence "finding" authorizing them on Jan. 17, Shultz did not hear about it until November. Shultz did have one bombshell to toss. After the scandal became public, he asked all State Department diplomats throughout the world to report to him what they knew. He read to the committee a cable he received in response from Ambassador Kelly in Beirut. Excerpts: "I met in Washington, in July or August 1986, with Robert McFarlane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What He Needs to Know | 12/22/1986 | See Source »

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