[aruanan]

POLISH ARMY SET TO INVADE LITHUANIA UNLESS DEMANDS ARE ACCEPTED TODAY (Real Time + 70 Years)

1938 + 70 = 2008. These events occurred (thus, real time) in 1938.

The point of reference for real time is the present. So 1938 is real time 2008 - 70. Besides, even if we were setting 1938 as the reference point for "real time," the events in question (POLISH ARMY SET TO INVADE LITHUANIA UNLESS DEMANDS ARE ACCEPTED TODAY) didn't occur in real time + 70 years (2008) but in "real time" alone, 1938.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I have had this discussion before. On 2/17/08 Cheburashka asked:

"Isn’t this real time MINUS 70 years, Homer?"

I waffled:

"I have struggled with that question. I think you are correct. I guess I will change my descriptions going forward."

But then Michael81Dus chimed in with:

"I think Homer is right. It´s real time (1938) + 70 years. We should not confuse “real time” with “present time”."

I decided to go with that. The point of reference for real time is not the present but the actual time the events occurred. Or, in this case, the actual time the newspaper reported the events.