Word: auge
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...decision was largely political. For one thing, the pontiff was wary of the partisan overtones of visiting the U.S. during an election year and being greeted by President Ford. Instead, the Pope planned to transmit to the congress a special message via satellite during the closing Mass on Aug...
...revolutionary '60s and as Education writer (1964-68) turned out our cover stories on the early, boiling days of student radicalism. With the Nation staff ever since, Magnuson wrote most of our Watergate accounts, including 20 cover stories, from March 26,1973 to Nixon's resignation on Aug...
...prompted by what he called "a high degree of desperation." He felt, said his aides, "relieved and liberated." After battling with his dogged challenger for eight tough and often frustrating months, Ford could be more certain than ever of a first-ballot victory in Kansas City on Aug. 18, a less bitterly contested convention and unexpected freedom in selecting his own vice-presidential candidate...
...Once the first lander was safely down on Martian soil-thereby assuring at least partial success of the $1 billion, eight-year-long Viking project-scientists decided that they could afford to be less cautious with Viking 2, which is approaching Mars and scheduled to go into orbit on Aug. 7. Last week scientists were considering setting the second lander down in a rugged northern region that would be more hazardous for landing than Viking 1's site but potentially more interesting to geologists and biologists...
...gold producer, is being hurt most. The price drop will cost it at least $200 million in potential export earnings this year, worsening an already serious balance of payments deficit (running at about $1.9 billion on current account this year). Last week South Africa moved to cut imports; beginning Aug. 2, the government will require importers to deposit 20% of the price of certain foreign goods with the treasury for six months, at no interest. The unemployment rate among the nation's black workers has already hit 20%; layoffs at the gold mines-which for the moment are maintaining...