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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gulag III's most riveting chapters describe the great escapes. Invariably, each ingenious attempt brought pride to the camp-even when the severed head and right arm (for fingerprints) of the escapee were brought back by the police and army units that had scoured desert, tundra and taiga for him. Those who survived capture were likely to try again, like the legendary Estonian Georgi Tenno. Between his ultimately unsuccessful breakouts, prisoners would wonderingly ask Tenno, "What do you expect to find on the outside?" His reply: "Freedom, of course! A whole day in the taiga without chains-that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Great Escapes from the Gulag | 6/5/1978 | See Source »

...want to help crossing, in which case the sighted person should allow the blind person to take hold of an elbow. One should never feed, pet or otherwise distract a guide dog unless expressly permitted by its master. Nor should one grab a blind person's cane or the arm holding...

Author: By Marc Fiedler, | Title: Disabled, but not Handicapped | 5/31/1978 | See Source »

...complicating problem is that the Israelis are continuing to arm the Christian Lebanese along the southern border. When they eventually withdraw from the remaining territory they occupy, the Israelis hope to leave behind them a buffer zone of Christian villages. So, while the Christians are getting stronger, the Palestinians are getting angrier. "What right do all those countries have to be here?" demands one Palestinian. "They are doing Israel's dirty work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LEBANON: The Thin Blue Line | 5/29/1978 | See Source »

Patrice became a familiar figure in the winner's circle, often on her father's arm, but she led a very cloistered life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Nice, Quiet Life | 5/29/1978 | See Source »

Shot In The Arm...

Author: By Amy B. Mcintosh, | Title: Brown Adopts Plan to Provide-Student Advisers for Freshmen | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

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