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...There have been three vehicles spotted driving around the area. There are suspicions that they could contain explosives," said Marine Capt. Wayne Jones. Officials gave no further information about the trucks, but the Marines remained on alert throughout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Beirut Marnies to 'Shoot to Kill' As Bombing Death Toll Hits 214 | 10/26/1983 | See Source »

...probability; scientists rarely speak of absolute impossibilities. One of the author's keenest pleasures is describing phenomena that should not occur: a species of bacteria that thrives on temperatures of more than 300° C or a type of virus that propagates vigorously even though it does not contain any detectable genetic material...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Doubts | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

...biography, The Brothers Singer, British Writer Clive Sinclair traces that journey back to Poland, where Singer was born in 1904. If a writer's capital is his childhood, Singer is a literary Rothschild, still retailing anecdotes he heard swirling through the streets of Bilgoray and Lublin. Many stories contain transsexual themes-oblique references to his mother and father; Isaac's older brother, Novelist Israel Joshua Singer (The Brothers Ashkenazi), called his parents' marriage "a tragedy, due to the fact that fate transposed genders in heaven." His father, a rabbi, was "soft," his wife was "sharp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Brothers and Masters | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

...Illegality. The policy does not contain any statement that sexual harassment is illegal. Realizing that it is a right, not a privilege, to be able to work or study in an environment free of sexual harassment can make a critical difference in the willingness of victims to come forward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A 'Disgraceful' Policy | 10/14/1983 | See Source »

...well as for articles in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Time Magazine and others--would never have come to light if not for the release, after a legal battle lasting eight years, of more than 160,000 pages of previously classified FBI documents concerning the Rosenbergs. These contain information on the arrest trial and statements made by witnesses examined in private by FBI agents, and the trial itself...

Author: By Lareen Brachman, | Title: The Freedom to Look Back | 10/8/1983 | See Source »

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