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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Similarly, in Belgium, the NATO proposal was opposed by powerful members of the Socialist Party, a component of the fragile government coalition. In a parliamentary meeting, Foreign Minister Henri Simonet arrogantly declared that some of his party colleagues "would be better employed drawing comic strips than dealing with foreign affairs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: A Damned Near-Run Thing | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

Surprisingly, there is little detail about what is surely the worst case of mass political murder in decades, the holocaust by the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia. But A.I. does lambaste the Vietnamese authorities for holding scores of thousands of prisoners in "re-education" camps. Hanoi says it holds only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUMAN RIGHTS: Price of Dissent | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

Last week firsthand testimony about Viet Nam's determination to extend its authority over every corner of Cambodia emerged from three of the 120 Vietnamese army deserters who have turned up among the thousands of civilian refugees still streaming across the border into neighboring Thailand. Interviewed by TIME Hong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMBODIA: Colonization | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

Had the gradual political development mapped out by President Choi Kyu Hah gone too far to suit the young generals? Probably. One ranking government official in Seoul noted last week that the young generals had been "furious about the way democratization had been moving ahead." TIME learned last week that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH KOREA: The Army Rears Up | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

The symphony of warnings even has elaborate seasonal variations. Christmas, for instance, is the time to avoid giving little Johnny toys that can maim or pajamas treated with carcinogenic flameproofing. But every season brings fresh cautions against some new menacing gunk found in air, water, food, medicines. This year alerts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Living Happily Against the Odds | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

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