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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...construction, of the larger channel. They cite letters he sent at the time to members of Congress declaring that the project was "only marginally justified." Added Resor: "The Tennessee-Tombigbee project continues to lack that margin of economic safety which typically marks federal investments in water resource development." But Al Fitt, who served as special assistant to Resor for civil functions (including Corps of Engineers' projects), submitted an affidavit to the court stating that his boss's memo was intended to approve the actual widening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Dreaming of the Golden Gulf | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

Bakalar's defeat didn't affect the play of number three man Fraser Black, who set the pace for the remainder of the match by blitzing Williams racquetman Al Guerra, 3-0. The Seattle native surrendered only five points en route to the win, leaving Panarese to exclaim "that's not a victory, it's cruel and unusual punishment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Racquetmen Prevail, 8-1 | 1/11/1979 | See Source »

CHICAGO, FOR FOREIGNERS and others who have never ventured near the heartland, is Crime City. It has always been. The image was born of such fugures as Al Capone and Leopold and Loeb; it lives on in the person of one John Wayne Gacy. Newspapers thrive on images--especially the sensationalistic kind that can dislocate even a City of the Big Shoulders like Chicago. So when Gacy catapulted past Elmer Wayne Henley, Dean Corll and Juan Corona last month to become the most prolific accused mass murderer in modern history, the story was a big one for Chicago, the biggest...

Author: By Jon Alter, | Title: My Kind of Town | 1/9/1979 | See Source »

Cairo's official Al Ahram newspaper said Sunday Egypt was ready to resume talks in any manner suggested by the United States...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Begin Expects Renewed Talks | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

...Times endorses Hillary Clinton as predictably as it will soon endorse Al Gore and Joe Lieberman. Of course, I could be wrong. If the New York Times endorses George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, I am prepared to offer each of my readers $1 million in cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hillary's First Step to a Second Clinton White House | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

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