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...itinerary. As the buses arrive, all hands of all ages are out to greet them, all smiling and hand-clapping (it beats weeding). The F.F.s, after Ni haos! and handshakes, are waved toward basins of cool water and stacks of fresh towels. Then they troop in for the Brief Introduction, the ritualistic prelude to any tourist attraction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: China Says: Ni hao! | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

...negotiators will try to work out a timetable for a two-phased Israeli troop withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula. They will also seek to arrange the replacement of the Israeli military rule on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with a local Palestinian administration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mideast Treaty Talks to Begin On October 12 in Washington | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

...like the opening of F-Troop--the clip where the cavalry charges onto the prairie, then beats an equally hasty retreat as the film rewinds...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: MIT Booters Stun Crimson in Season Opener, 3-1 | 9/21/1978 | See Source »

...elated MIT coach said after the game, "We broke out the record book and the last time we won was 1920." Actually, it was 1962, which I think was before F. Troop was ever on the air. LINESCORE Harvard...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: MIT Booters Stun Crimson in Season Opener, 3-1 | 9/21/1978 | See Source »

...known, if at all, chiefly as a source of ilang-ilang, an exotic flower whose extract is widely used in French perfumes. Now the Comoros are called the Mercenary Isles. Last spring the four tiny specks of volcanic ash off the coast of Mozambique were invaded by a motley troop of white soldiers of fortune, who took over the hapless islands lock, stock, and ilang-ilang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMORO ISLANDS: A Man and His Dog | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

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