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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...grisly remains of Jonestown's dead had been brought to the U.S. and stacked tidily in coffin-like aluminum transfer cases in a huge gray hangar at Delaware's Dover Air Force Base. The shacks and other buildings at the Jonestown commune in Guyana were shuttered and silent. Most of the 80 Jonestown survivors waited restlessly at the Victorian Park Hotel in Georgetown, pending a decision by Guyanese authorities on whether they would be allowed to leave or be held as witnesses, and in some cases defendants, in future murder trials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Horror Lives On | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...fear motivation." I feel very lonely but I am satisfied with the fact that I am over the hill, 29 yrs old. I think the best use of sex at this time is to further the cause of Communism. Most days I wish I would vanish into thin air. Death is something I look forward to. My only objection is being away from people I care about & someone I'll miss, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Anguishing Letters to Dad | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...gains by U.S. forces so far: Newer planes. Some of the Air Force's squadrons are being bolstered with ultramodern F-15 Eagles, widely regarded as the world's best fighter. Many Phantoms, meanwhile, have been fitted with advanced missiles and targeting devices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: I Can Move Damned Fast | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...Western Airlines--calls were made to hold the flight and the bus was warmed up but the members of our group weren't on that shift. A woman got off, with two small children and six large suitcases. It had cost her $300 to go fifteen minutes in the air but her fur showed that she could handle it. Smiling at the copter pilot, she dialed for a taxi and was off. She had offered the pilot double the normal fee to get her little group out of Cottonwood before ours...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Snowbound in Utah | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

...rounded the corner to gate 17 S at full speed, yelling at airline officials and insisting that they hold the plane. We saw flight #34 nonstop to Los Angeles for a fleeting moment as it rumbled down the snow-plowed runway and faltered into the air...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Snowbound in Utah | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

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