Word: ams
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite the perils, many Americans seemed to take a perverse pleasure in spoofing the unwelcome visitor from space. Skylab stimulated a lot of harmless hucksterism, revived some old promotional gimmicks, even became an excuse to throw parties. Inevitably, Chicken Little emerged as a dominant theme, now crying, "The Skylab is...
I am puzzled and a little disheartened that the Pope, after rejecting social and political activity by the clergy during his visit in Latin America, spoke in very social and political terms when he was in Poland. I have to conclude that his concern is with the fate of the...
There is a well-documented pattern of discrimination against the Chinese of Viet Nam. In northern parts of the country, they have been dismissed from government jobs, forbidden to conduct private businesses, told that they can no longer associate with their Vietnamese countrymen. Their schools have been closed, but their...
In an interview with TIME, Aron last week reflected on some of the changes in the world and in his views since publication of the first French edition of his book. "The defeat of the left in the 1978 elections removed many of the dangers we feared in France," he...
Still, Aron feels disheartened by the U.S. "I am exasperated that you have a President who is not competent and who is paralyzed by Congress. The U.S. has still not managed to get over Viet Nam. You will come out of it in the long run, but the present is...