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...memory of the cocksure Hagen still lingers on in the Rochester caddy yard where a handful of regulars troop in every morning to while away the summer days waiting for an 18-hole circuit (or "loop," as it's known in caddy lingo). One of these select loopers is Harvard junior John Bartlett...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: John Bartlett and the Saga of Hagen | 5/1/1976 | See Source »

...outpouring of gifts has also produced eagles by the squadron, including one soaring on a handsome water-wash scroll painted by Mr. and Mrs. Chow Chian-chiu, who were born in China and now live in Miami. Members of Girl Scout Troop 208 in Richland Center, Wis., patiently spelled out on a 21/2 ft. by 3 ft. board the entire Declaration of Independence-using tiny letters meant to go into vegetable soup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BICENTENNIAL: A Happy 200th Birthday, Uncle Sam | 4/12/1976 | See Source »

From his mobile headquarters in southern Angola's arid wastelands, UNITA Leader Jonas Savimbi sent out a recorded message of defiance. "We are to continue our struggle," said Savimbi, "because we cannot accept a minority regime imposed on our people by Cuban troops and Russian tanks." Aided by hidden arms caches, Savimbi's guerrillas last week ambushed several Soviet trucks and troop carriers. With seemingly solid support from the 2 million-strong southern Ovimbundu tribe (out of a total Angolan population estimated to be 5.5 million), Savimbi has the potential to thwart M.P.L.A. control over nearly half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANGOLA: Recognition, Not Control | 3/1/1976 | See Source »

...less than 25,000; despite and extensive campaign to increase the list of subscribers, success has been minimal. The New Republic's inability to boost its circulation provides ample evidence of a non-expanding market for political analysis; under such tight conditions, the Review had no choice but to troop back to the Student Advisory Committee and ask for continued subsidization at the '74-75 levels...

Author: By Tom Blanton, | Title: Bullish Ideas in a Bear Market | 2/20/1976 | See Source »

...feints and ruses of special operatives also worked at El Alamein, where Rommel was fooled by planted documents and fake troop movements. Hitler was conned into thinking that Sardinia, not Sicily, would be invaded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Looking-Glass War | 2/16/1976 | See Source »

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