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Some plans have been drawn in impressive detail. One involves three waves of carrier-based planes that would strike in quick succession under cover of predawn darkness. First, fighter planes would launch missiles that home in on radar to knock out once again the radars at the SA-5 missile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Targeting Gaddafi | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

By the time he left school at 16, Thomas had decided that he was a poet and that his art would help him escape his native Swansea, Wales, and "the smug darkness of a provincial town." After one of his poems appeared in a London newspaper, he received a complimentary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Poet Who Never Grew Wise the Collected Letters of Dylan Thomas | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

The season opening for the Radcliffe crew teams on the Charles this Saturday was extraordinary in several respects. That's because the biggest obstacle the Black and White oarswomen confronted wasn't their opposition but, instead, poor water conditions and racing in the darkness of the ensuing night.

Author: By Helen Lee, | Title: Radcliffe Crews Cruise Despite a Choppy Charles | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

The varsity and JV eights, originally scheduled to race at 11:30 and 11:15 a.m., respectively, were forced to wait out the afternoon because of poor water conditions. The varsity heavyweights raced in almost complete darkness at 6:50 p.m. For coxswain Mary Boland, this meant steering without any...

Author: By Helen Lee, | Title: Radcliffe Crews Cruise Despite a Choppy Charles | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

When darkness came, the sea was roiled by 15-ft. swells. Kelso had indeed postponed any action because, as one officer put it, "the Libyans don't fly at night." At 9:26 p.m., two A-6 Intruders roared from the deck of the America. They flew toward a Libyan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sailing in Harm's Way | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

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