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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That's no easy question to answer, for after weekend victories by Dartmouth, Penn, and Yale, the Ivy outlook is so scrambled that a six way final tie for the top is not out of the question...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: Yale, Dartmouth Share Top Spot | 10/31/1977 | See Source »

...said. "Oil is one of the most pressing problems that faces the whole world because of the impact that any oil-price increase could have on the economies of the world." When he was finally steered back to the original question, Vance said, in effect, no comment (an answer did emerge later, however; Carter will add a stop in Saudi Arabia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Launching the Energy Blitz | 10/31/1977 | See Source »

...Carter-Torrijos understanding seemed to answer the question of intervention to almost everyone's satisfaction. Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, who has not said how he stands on the treaty, described the understanding as "a very important diplomatic achievement and a big plus for the President and the treaty." Republican Senator Robert Dole, one of the pact's chief critics, called the joint statement a "step in the right direction," his most favorable remark to date...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: That Troublesome Panama Canal Treaty | 10/31/1977 | See Source »

There is no simple or definitive answer as to why West Germany has become such a fertile breeding ground for urban terrorists. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, speaking of terrorism generally to a group of European industrialists and TIME editors, correspondents and executives last week, suggested as a cause the loss of a sense of relevance by today's youth, combined with a loss of authority by democratic governments since the early postwar years. Many West German observers believe that the 1968 generation of student protesters developed an idealistic hatred of their country's sleek materialism during the "economic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRORISTS: War Without Boundaries | 10/31/1977 | See Source »

...conversations I had with people throughout Northern Ireland, I asked repeatedly whether they desired peace, and the answer was inevitable "yes." But what they said they would sacrifice for that peace, how much of their own political philosophy they would passively set aside to end the violence--that was an entirely different question...

Author: By Christopher Agee, | Title: Bleeding Ulster | 10/27/1977 | See Source »

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