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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Belgium and Argentina two weeks ago, a Belgian forward, Erwin Vandenbergh, the former European scoring champ, got the World Cup off on a brand-new foot. A pass from Teammate Alex Czerniatynski landed at Vandenbergh's toe. He had slithered through the Argentine defense like a British SAS unit, and stood alone before the goal. The crowd of 95,000, including Spanish King Juan Carlos, quieted for a moment: tradition hung in the balance. Ever since the single opening game was instituted back in 1966-five World Cups ago-it had always ended scoreless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Le Mundial des Surprises! | 7/5/1982 | See Source »

...indication of Abdullah's importance in the royal family is that since 1963 he has served as commander of the 40,000-man Saudi National Guard, the Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah kingdom's key internal-security unit. The tribally based guard protects the country's main cities, oilfields and communications facilities, and was conceived as a deliberate counterweight to Saudi Arabia's being army. Its ultimate purpose is to prevent a military coup from being launched against the royal family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crown Prince: More Than an Heir | 6/28/1982 | See Source »

...work close by in order to use them. The proliferation of remote terminals in the 1970s, though, allowed people to use the computer from locations scattered around an office. But the terminals usually had to be made by the same manufacturer and could not operate independently of the central unit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You've Come a Long Way, Baby | 6/28/1982 | See Source »

...Even Moderator Monroe, a forceful but fair questioner, persisted in speaking about overreactions. At last Kirkpatrick replied: "I just don't know that it's very useful even to try to characterize it as over or under or just right. I don't know what the unit of measurement would be, frankly, Mr. Monroe." Score one for the Ambassador...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: The Goaded Fight Back | 6/28/1982 | See Source »

...British medical center at San Carlos Bay. Said an army doctor at Fitzroy: "I've seen some pretty awful injuries, but nothing as horrifying as this. All we can do is put on special burn dressings and get them back as soon as possible to a warm, sterile unit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Falkland Islands: Girding for the Big One | 6/21/1982 | See Source »

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