Word: auge
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Your cover article, "When the Young Teach and the Old Learn" [Aug. 17], presented several people who had "learned" from their rebellious children, including a Governor, a Congressman and a Cabinet member. The article succeeded only in proving one perceptive statement that was buried deep in the whole mess of pottage: "Parents who lose control of their children are usually confused about their own values and identities." When the leaders of the nation can't even lead their own children, heaven help...
...enraged. This nation can put a man on the moon. Then why in hell can't we deactivate our nerve gas [Aug. 17]? If we haven't the brains, why can't we borrow some from the U.N. and put this problem where it belongs, since we no longer seem to be responsible for our actions...
...arrogant and downright vulgar can our Government and its agencies get? Snooping into the private life of great political figures like Dr. Martin Luther King [Aug. 17] is the limit. And as if this were not enough, J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI seems to have attempted blackmail. It is time, indeed, that someone seeks relief in court from Mr. Hoover's disdain for other people's privacy...
...Aug. 3, TIME Correspondent Robert Anson drove out of Phnom-Penh to cover a battle at Skoun, 45 miles to the northeast. He never made it. At 3:55 in the afternoon, he was captured by anti-government forces. On Aug. 23, Anson drove back into Phnom-Penh with a release order in his pocket, unharmed and in good health. What follows is Anson's own account of his 21 days behind the lines...
...rapid spread of the blight caught the Government by surprise, partly because federal crop checkers found it hard to detect: healthy-looking stalks and leaves often concealed young ears that were rotting. As late as Aug. 4, federal crop forecasters were predicting a 1970 crop of 4.7 billion bushels, up 3% from last year. Last week Agriculture Department experts unofficially lowered that estimate by 10%, but plant pathologists elsewhere fear that the crop loss may run higher. Preliminary field reports indicated that 30% to 40% losses are likely in the Southeast, and that the yield in Illinois...