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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Green Bay Packers defeat the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 for an unprecedented third straight National Football League title...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Top of the Decade: Sport | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

...York Mets rise out of the cellar to defeat the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Top of the Decade: Sport | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

...London market last week, the price of privately traded gold dipped to $34.80 per ounce for the first time since it was freed to find its own level 22 months ago. The decline, from a high of $43.80 as recently as last March, represented a resounding defeat for speculators and for theorists who had argued that the official price of gold should be raised and the dollar should be devalued. It was a victory for the U.S. and for those moneymen who believe that gold's power in world affairs should be diminished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gold: Fixing a Floor | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

...absurdity was evident in the contrasting trends of the decade. It was an era of phenomenal prosperity, and of the discovery of poverty, hunger and social injustice at home. The most powerful military nation on earth found itself bogged down in an Asian war that seemed to defy defeat or victory. It was a war, moreover, begun with good, liberal and patriotic intentions and on a modest scale, but it led to onerous costs, both moral and material. Americans landed on the moon: back on earth, their cities festered and their atmosphere was befouled. The quiescent young people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From The '60s to The 70s: Dissent and Discovery | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

Isolated abroad and at home, the Kremlin will have to send troops to put down riots in Russian cities, thus "hastening the collapse of the army." Eventually, one final jolt-a battlefield defeat, a disturbance in Moscow-will topple the regime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: An Apocalyptic View of Russia's Future | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

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