Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Larry J. Hopkins (R-Ky.) is the first Republican congressman from Kentucky since the Civil War. "I really don't have any legislation in mind," he said, adding "people want less government, not more...
...flower-strewn steps, the mood of the civil rights rebellion of the 1960s was evoked as the crystalline voice of Folk Singer Joan Baez led the assembled marchers in the familiar songs: Kumbaya, Amazing Grace and Oh, Freedom. More candles were lit, more wreaths dropped on the steps, and an undercurrent of bitterness broke through the sadness. "Are you happy, Anita?" asked one crudely lettered sign in cruel reference to homosexuality's hated foe, Anita Bryant...
...announce the sentence." On this issue, at least, there may be hope for comrades of the Middle Kingdom. Peking's People's Daily has just completed a series of articles arguing that if the Four Modernizations are to be achieved, China needs new commercial, criminal and civil codes. The official news agency has reported that quasi-independent "procuratorates," vaguely similar to U.S. grand juries, have been re-established throughout China. These bodies were abolished during the Cultural Revolution-the heyday of Mao's effort to create a society in which the only law was his word...
...chief bankroller Saudi Arabia, which lies at the heart of Washington's hopes for Middle East stability, has reached its lowest ebb since the mid-1960s, when Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser and Saudi Arabia's King Faisal backed opposing sides in the Yemeni civil war. TIME Cairo Bureau Chief Wilton Wynn, who knows both countries well, offers some insights into the cooling friendship...
...very moment, as it happened, Spanish officials were investigating an abortive plot to overthrow the democratic government of Premier Adolfo Suárez and bring back authoritarian rule. The conspiracy, code-named Operation Galaxia after the café in which it was hatched, involved five officers in the paramilitary Civil Guard, the National Police and the army. Although details were sketchy, the plans apparently called for sympathetic members of the police to besiege Moncloa Palace, the seat of government, hold Suárez hostage and install their own people in power. The target date: Nov. 17, the day King Juan...