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YALE 17, CONNECTICUT 10--Those Elis are a tricky lot, aren't they? Brown took a 28-7 lead last week, but Yale scored two TDs in the fourth quarter and just missed a last-play-of-the-game, desperation pass into the end zone. The Elis will be there...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: A Big Day For D.A. | 9/25/1982 | See Source »

On the issue of land reform, the report danced over tricky political ground. Admitting that the country's newly elected Constituent Assembly, led by its right-wing president, Roberto d'Aubuisson, has tried to undermine the reform laws, the study nonetheless contended that 10,000 provisional land titles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Overcoming the Doubts | 8/9/1982 | See Source »

Led by their lissome 5-ft. 8-in. ace, the Chinese tennis team scored an upset victory over the Japanese in the first round of the 32-nation Federation Cup in Santa Clara, Calif. In the second round, however, as expected, West Germany beat China. The team disappeared from the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 9, 1982 | 8/9/1982 | See Source »

That gesture seemed to confirm a fear that has haunted U.S. policymakers almost from the day Argentina seized the Falkland Islands: that there was no way the U.S. could side with Britain, a loyal NATO ally, without alienating much of Latin America. Venezuelan President Luis Herrera Campins, a U.S. friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Sorrow Than Anger | 6/7/1982 | See Source »

Despite tricky legalities, police are netting tidy hauls

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Return of the Roadblock | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

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