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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Shams an Israeli sergeant had trouble getting the flag down off the pole. Under the gaze of Northern Command General Raphael ("Ra-ful") Eitan he shimmied up to the top of the mast while the armor, paratroop and infantry formation stood at attention, fixed the tangled halyard, and then, to the roll of a drum, brought down the Star of David. Murmured an Israeli liaison officer, "Seems we can put up flags faster than we can take them down." During the brief withdrawal ceremony, Eitan addressed the men. "This hill is a symbol both for us and for the Syrians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Israeli Exit | 7/1/1974 | See Source »

Brutalized in an early marriage, she has cultivated her fat as protective armor so as never to be wanted again. Though neither of them could begin to say it, they are spent with running from the vicious foxhounds of the world. They are both seeking the peace and safety that Blanche DuBois called "a cleft in the rock of the world," and at play's end they seem to have found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Spars and Scars | 5/20/1974 | See Source »

...opponents of integration have also used the arguments of James Coleman, David Armor, and Harvard's Christopher Jencks. These men claim to have discovered that the quality of teachers and schools, particularly those aspects of schooling that cost money, like small classes and enough supplies, have no bearing on how much children learn. Their readers are left to conclude that, since black pupils tend to score lower on reading tests, they must be inferior. They somehow fail to notice not only that black schools are more poorly funded, but that many teachers--influenced by theories like these--go into their...

Author: By John Berg and Stephen J. Gould, S | Title: Academic Racism | 4/30/1974 | See Source »

Italian Premier Mario Rumor sent a note of protest to Belgrade, describing Zone B as "Italian territory." Marshal Tito's government responded by claiming that Zone B (and Zone A, too, if Rome really wanted to pursue the matter) was "Yugoslav territory." Yugoslav armor and troops went on maneuvers, and protests erupted in a number of Croat and Slovene border towns. More than 10,000 people crowded Tito Square in the Zone B town of Koper, some carrying signs reading, WHAT IS OURS WE DON'T GIVE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRONTIERS: Zone Defense | 4/29/1974 | See Source »

Both in Seoul and in Tongypng are noble bronze statues of the admiral in full armor with his long sword in hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 15, 1974 | 4/15/1974 | See Source »

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