Word: auge
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sociobiology [Aug. 1], like other theories that deny the importance of the individual mind and conscience, will sweep the nation. Instead of saying, "The devil made me do it," one can now be scientific and say, "I can't help it; it's in my genes...
...president of the National Bank of Georgia, his job before joining the Carter Administration. The major charge was that the Georgia bank had wrongly deposited $200,000 of its funds at Chicago's First National Bank in exchange for a personal loan to Lance of $3.4 million (TIME, Aug...
Publicly, Egypt insisted that its bitter four-day mini-war with Libya (TIME, Aug. 1) had been no more than a minor border skirmish. A series of frontier infiltrations and espionage attempts had forced Cairo to teach Libya's erratic strongman, Muammar Gaddafi, a lesson in good manners. Rather like a stern uncle rebuking a wayward nephew, President Anwar Sadat described Gaddafi as "a second Napoleon" and "just a child"-inspiring Tripoli spokesmen to dismiss the Egyptian President as "a Zionist tool...
Prime Minister Ian Smith proceeded last week with his grand plan for solving the Rhodesian crisis-on his own terms. First, he aims to win the country's Aug. 31 elections in order to head off a threat to his government from a new, right-wing splinter group (TIME, Aug. 1). Then, with his mandate reinforced, he hopes to create a moderate, multiracial government in Rhodesia that would include both whites and some conservative black nationalists-but not leaders of the radical Patriotic Front with its guerrilla army...
...oddsmakers, having surveyed the competition-two new 12-meter yachts constructed for the 23rd defense of the America's Cup-had consigned the captain and his Courageous to third place. But last week, after two months and two rounds of preliminary races-with a final one beginning Aug. 16 still to go -Turner's tenacity and cunning helmsmanship brought Courageous home to Newport, R.I., leading in the trials to select a boat to represent the U.S. hi the Cup. So far, Turner, a sly Southern fox in the elegant and exclusive New York Yacht Club's domain...