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The caper, like QEII, is carried out by a mixed band of Irish, German and Arab thugs. Far from aiming to bring capitalist society to its knees, the attackers just want the capital. There is an ideological twist to the scheme, however. As envisioned by Harlan Stone Huckleby, an embittered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Terrorists Take Over the Thrillers | 4/14/1980 | See Source »

The candidate is early and there is a twinkle in his steel blue eyes as he realizes he has caught the press corps unprepared. The scurrying photographers amuse him. As he smiles, he looks like a younger Henry Fonda, at once aristocratic and plebian, handsome and ordinary. He hops on...

Author: By Esme C. Murphy, | Title: Bush Follows The Peanut Trail | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

The rest of the Crimson found itself unprepared for another trend: a persistent disinclination on the part of the referees to call any penalties. Only two players sat in the box during the game.

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icewomen Squeak Past Wesleyan, 2-1 | 2/19/1980 | See Source »

When Helms was named CIA director by Lyndon Johnson, he had been thoroughly schooled in careful handling of Presidents. Nevertheless, writes Powers, Helms may have been too diffident about asserting himself on critical issues. Confronted with varying estimates of the strength of the North Vietnamese forces, he did not consistently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: High-Wire Act | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

"He wants to be told how the hearing will go, almost minute by minute, so he knows what he is going to get out of it." Adds another: "Heaven help you if you are unprepared. He has a very sharp temper, and he uses it very effectively." The questioning continued...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Kennedy Challenge | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

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