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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...market. That does not make the people loyal to President Thieu, though. I think most of them wish all politicians would go away. ANSON: I personally feel that while pacification may be stronger today than at any time within recent memory, it is still extremely vulnerable to a determined thrust. We shouldn't be surprised if we wake up some morning to find that the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese have returned to areas where we thought they could never come back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: How Goes the War? A Colloquy in Saigon | 2/23/1970 | See Source »

...Thrust onto the defensive, the U.S. upbraided Israel for the attack. Under Secretary of State Elliot Richardson publicly deplored both the Abu Zabal bombing and the Munich attack; privately, he emphasized Washington's unhappiness over the bombing during a two-hour meeting with Israeli Ambassador Itzhak Rabin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Middle East: Civilians as Targets | 2/23/1970 | See Source »

McManama added two more goals, assisted by defenseman Skip Freeman on the first and Freeman and Ron Mark on the second, in the final period, to thrust the Crimson far out of reach...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Icemen Beat Larries As McManama Nets 3 | 2/19/1970 | See Source »

...lent majority," then, is close-minded. Progressive thought, which threatens social equilibrium, is hardly tolerated. The political system, here and abroad, the self-sustaining standard-of-living ideal, the American way of life. Boorstin has coined a phrase, the "self-fulfilling prophecy," which perfectly describes the circular thrust of America's standard of living ideology. Tocqueville saw the same tendency in 1830 when he declared. "The majority lives in the perpetual utterance of self-applause...

Author: By Frederick M. Fiske, | Title: Books Boorstin for Radicals "The Decline of Radicalism: Reflections on America Today" | 2/10/1970 | See Source »

This is no idle speculation. Various experts feel that major volcanic eruptions in the past have thrust enough particles into the air to affect global climate. When Krakatoa exploded in 1883, the temperature at the surface of the earth was reduced for several years. The new worry, though, is that such particles will not shower to the ground in rain or snow. The supersonic transport will fly at 60,000 ft., where there is no atmospheric turbulence or weather to bring pollutants down to earth. Even assuming that the plane has a fumeless engine, the water vapor in its exhaust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Fighting to Save the Earth from Man | 2/2/1970 | See Source »

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