Word: auge
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...your new format [Aug. 15]: welcome to the 20th century...
...taken the U.S. almost seven decades to formulate a treaty and to realize the immense injustice and disgrace inflicted upon the Panamanians [Aug. 22]. If Americans can put behind them historic mistakes such as slavery and Nixon, why not the same with the Panama Canal? Donna Leusner Camden...
...motives of a Son of Sam [Aug. 22] may be unfathomable, but the progress from hidden psychopathology to murder has one brilliantly clear turning point-easy access to guns. A free society has to tolerate a lot of misfits, freaks and senseless behavior, but should draw the line at gun freaks. Senseless behavior mixed with senseless gun laws produces senseless killings...
...Lance Affair Carter's biggest immediate problem remained the continuing criticism of Budget Director Bert Lance in the wake of the mixed review that Lance received from U.S. Comptroller of the Currency John Heimann (TIME, Aug. 29). By his ringing endorsement of Lance ("Bert, I'm proud of you") Carter clearly opened himself to the charge that he was reneging on his pledge to avoid even the appearance of impropriety among his appointees. "There's no doubt that the President has used up some credit," said one White House staffer last week. "He told the people...
Since Indira Gandhi launched what she hopes will be a political comeback three weeks ago (TIME, Aug. 15), official probes of corruption in her fallen regime have been reaching ever deeper into her inner circle-and ever closer to the former Prime Minister herself. First came the news that four top advisers had been jailed on charges of embezzling $7 million from her Congress Party's campaign funds. Then last week the investigators landed their biggest catch so far: ex-Defense Minister Bansi Lal, 49, who was arrested on charges of misappropriating $60,000 from the party...