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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even if the behavior of Taylor's characters is predetermined, even if they cannot face their fates, the reminiscing adolescent observers, rebellious heroes, and conventional relatives at least have a bit of personality...
...have an alternative view of the purpose of a University. These people study American foreign policy or Vietnamese culture not because they wish to plan aggressive war or destroy Vietnam, but because they seek to push outward the frontiers of knowledge and enable people everywhere to grapple a bit better with the problems which confound...
...what Americans face. Perhaps the President should have chosen a more appropriate metaphor; the current crisis is more like an open-ended siege than a war with an expected end. Barring some technological miracle, that siege will persist beyond this generation and its survivors. It must be borne a bit at a time until Americans revise the way they live. Contrary to William James' phrase, today it is not Nature that needs to be subdued, and perhaps not even Human Nature. There is a very real desire, shared by mankind the world over, for a common cause, even...
Still, Otto Eckstein, a member of TIME'S Board of Economists, forecasts total 1977 housing starts of 1.9 million, down a bit from the March pace but about 24% higher than last year. For the moment, at least, a house in the suburbs appears to eager buyers to be a kind of inflation hedge with crabgrass...
...plan, many other root seekers will follow Haley's footsteps to Gambia. In fact, Gambian officials now expect some 2,000 tourists this summer. Among the spectacles being considered: a sound-and-light show about a slave escaping to freedom. Haley's triumph has been soured a bit recently by charges that some of the details in his book are historically inaccurate, but last week also brought him a resounding vote of confidence: a special Pulitzer Prize...