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...seem to take the women's presence in stride. "Once you work with them enough, they realize that you're a soldier like they are," says Lieut. Lynnel Bifora, 23, of Mohawk, N.Y., of the XVIII Airborne Corps. "I won't let them carry gear for me. I like to tell them that a bullet has no gender. Combat has no gender. You can kill the chivalry bit." She admits that it would be nice to put on a dress again, and clings to what femininity she can. "You can be tough and strong and still be a female...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life on The Line | 2/25/1991 | See Source »

...source of the most pleasure and some pain, is the mail, typically weighing in at 400 tons. A letter from home is reread until the pages crumble. "I had just opened the letter from my wife when we had a Scud alert," says Sergeant Darrell Thompson, 37, of the XVIII Airborne. "I dropped my mail to run off to the bunker, but I put the photo of my little girl in my pocket, like a good-luck charm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life on The Line | 2/25/1991 | See Source »

...Memorial Hall E--F Science Center E G--K Science Center B L--O Science Center C P--R Science Center D S--V Jefferson 250 W--Z Science Center Mathematics 21b Sackler Lecture Hall Social Analysis 38 Sever 113 Statistics 100 Harvard 202 TUESDAY JANUARY 15 VI, XVII, XVIII...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exam Schedule for Monday and Tuesday | 1/14/1991 | See Source »

...Science Center B German Ca Harvard 201 German Da Science Center E Government 1060 Memorial Hall History 1561 Memorial Hall Japanese 103a 2 Divinity Ave., Rm 18 Japanese 106a 2 Divinity Ave., Rm 212 Near Eastern Languages 195 Emerson 305 Slavic 111 Memorial Hall TUESDAY JANUARY 15 VI, XVII, XVIII...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exam Schedule for Monday and Tuesday | 1/14/1991 | See Source »

...indirection, how completely, and, as it were, unconsciously metaphorical!" Next, the wounded vessel encounters the Alcyone, another British ship, bound for India and bearing news. The endless war with France is over. Napoleon Bonaparte has been driven into exile on the island of Elba; long live King Louis XVIII! Celebrations follow. Talbot is invited to dine with Sir Henry Somerset, captain of the Alcyone, and meets Lady Somerset's protegee, Miss Marion Cholmondeley (pronounced Chumley). The diarist not only falls in love but also must struggle hopelessly to find some fresh way of describing his feelings: "Forgive a young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Mercies of Wind and Sea CLOSE QUARTERS | 6/8/1987 | See Source »

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