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...monumental public relations disaster. Ironically, TIME learned last week, the damage to British prestige was largely self-inflicted-a direct result of the Ministry of Defense's penchant for supersecrecy. Soon after the Belgrano was hit, London sent a top-secret communication to the Argentine high command in Buenos Aires assuring it that the Belgrano's two escort vessels would have free passage to begin rescue operations...
...Taking Command...
...Grease II; he had nothing to do with Airplane. Not credited as writers, although responsible for major revisions, are Mike Reiss '81 and Al Jean '81. No strangers to humor, these two, Reiss served as the Harvard Lampoon's president, and Al Jean was his Ibis, or second-in-command. Anyone who remembers Reiss's Ivy Oration in '81 will recognize the brand of rapid-fire humor that makes this spoof spunky, and Jean's specialty of "over-kill" humor fits perfectly into a film that can show Mission Control deciding that the crew are "goners," and flash...
...responsible for living conditions at NW 82? Thailand's supreme command insists, somewhat disingenuously, that it is the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (I.C.R.C.). The Red Cross vehemently denies any responsibility, other than medical, for the camp. Nearly a dozen Western embassies in Bangkok have joined the I.C.R.C. in asking the Thai government to move NW 82 away from the dangerous, malaria-infested border. But all the legations began to backpedal when the Thais said they would comply if the countries represented by the embassies agreed to resettle all 1,900 refugees within 45 days...
...when Rob says, "Satellite search," the Scott machine takes a numerical snapshot of the sound pattern and compares that picture with patterns Rob has previously recorded. When the machine finds a matching formation, it sends the computer the corresponding command. With some artful jiggering, Gary and Ted have extended HAL'S vocabulary to more than 280 words...