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Dates: during 1960-1969
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THAT deadly shade spread farther across the hostile Middle East last week. Israel, concerned about the Arabs' increasing confidence and belligerency in recent weeks, abandoned any pretense of attacking only in reprisal and launched a limited offensive against its Arab foes. Egypt's official spokesman said: "We consider...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: TOWARD OPEN WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST | 7/18/1969 | See Source »

Pig in a Pool. Consider these vignettes. A notorious mobster is honored publicly with a good-citizen award-because he contributed a large sum to a local college football team. A nun, in full habit, draws cheers from onlookers as she leans over a craps table and screams: "Cooooome, seven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: LAS VEGAS: THE GAME IS ILLUSION | 7/11/1969 | See Source »

There are, however, many changes that the U.S. can make in the way it deals with Latin America-changes that would produce both real and psychological benefits. The vast U.S. market should be opened more fully to Latin American goods. Nixon should seek to reduce congressional weight on the conduct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: ROCKEFELLER'S TOUR | 7/11/1969 | See Source »

Chromosome Breaks. Two cases obviously do not prove that "acid" is leukemogenic as well as hallucinogenic. For more than two years, however, laboratory evidence connecting LSD and leukemia has been mounting. Cell damage from LSD was first reported in March 1967 by a team of researchers headed by Dr. Maimon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: LSD and Leukemia | 7/11/1969 | See Source »

Impaired Effectiveness. The pesticide's defenders consider the dangers vastly exaggerated, although DDT poisoning can cause tremors and convulsion in man. "There isn't anything that doesn't have some toxic effect," insists Vanderbilt University Toxicologist Wayland J. Hayes, a former Public Health Service official and DDT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ecology: Pesticide into Pest | 7/11/1969 | See Source »

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