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...Soviet Union refrain from fueling strife throughout the world if it is genuinely desirous of reaching a state of accord with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 8, 1972 | 5/8/1972 | See Source »

Precisely what the two men agreed on is still secret, but evidently it was enough to encourage the White House to resume the high-level secret talks and refrain from bombing Hanoi and Haiphong for a time. But not enough to discourage Moscow from doubling arms shipments through Haiphong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WAR: Peace Talks Again in Paris | 5/8/1972 | See Source »

...conference table," said the Minneapolis Tribune, "is so old, shopworn and discredited that it would be ludicrous if it were not so tragic in its present application." The South has been the region most sympathetic to the war and the military. Now many papers are sounding a disillusioned refrain of the bombing blues. The Birmingham News was among the few to give President Nixon unrestrained backing: "Let the voices denounce Hanoi's aggression before they decry America's support of South Viet Nam's resistance." More common were the views of the Nashville Tennessean ("Another package...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Bombing Blues | 5/1/1972 | See Source »

...statement noted that "as athletes, we are not insensitive to these issues and feel that our participation in athletics does not excuse us from our obligation to society. Some individual have decided to refrain from competition today, while others choose to symbolize their discontent by means other than abstention." Nineteen runners decided to compete at West Point under any circumstances...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Six Blacks Leave Track Team in Protest | 4/22/1972 | See Source »

...Cambridge City Council unanimously agreed last night to refrain from entering into any tax arrangement with Harvard on its recently purchased Continental Hotel until a new City Manager has been appointed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Council Rejects Harvard Tax Plan | 3/28/1972 | See Source »

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