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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...majority of our citizens really approve of the murder of unborn children, then let them admit it out loud and stop crying foul when they are reminded that it is just that. There is no way around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Oct. 4, 1976 | 10/4/1976 | See Source »

...after five harrowing days aboard the airliner-are distressed, but not because of their ordeal. "They were very courteous, very humanitarian, " says Marta Dome of her captors. "Once they let me go to the bathroom. "Declares Bertha Nation, who was slapped around: "Any fair-minded American would have to admit that the Cretin people have been driven to this." Egret Birdsnoot has no hard feelings about his injury: "It was just a tap on the head. They had to keep order and prevent panic, and they did. Very impressive fellows." Marta and Bertha kiss each of the hijackers goodbye. Egret...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Hijackee Syndrome | 10/4/1976 | See Source »

There is little doubt that, in private, most insiders admit that Curry will not be rejoining the team this year or ever again, for that matter. If that be the case, then let's have some official confirmation. At least, some acknowledgment that it might happen. Curry's athletic status should be clearly defined in such a manner as to dispel the numerous rumors floating around the school. Though the storm will eventually blow over, that does not vindicate the current silence...

Author: By Tom Aronson, | Title: Curry Saga: 'No Comment' Not Enough | 9/28/1976 | See Source »

...just a little boy." Later, when my family got its first television set, I was entranced by the ads for Glen Echo amusement park. My mother couldn't really explain why she couldn't take me there. The reason, of course, was that Glen Echo did not admit blacks. Nor did many restaurants, movie theaters and other public facilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: Segregation Remembered | 9/27/1976 | See Source »

...blacks, who make up 40% of the population, work and shop and dine freely downtown. The only trace of the old "colored" fountains is scars on the walls where they were removed. No serious racial incident has occurred since the First Baptist Church voted six years ago not to admit two blacks as members. Even then, the pastor and many members marched away in protest and formed their own unsegregated church. Mixed housing and social mingling are advancing more slowly, but, says School Superintendent Wilmer S. Cody: "The voice of segregation is almost nonexistent in Birmingham. Not even in private...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNITIES: A City Reborn | 9/27/1976 | See Source »

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