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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...broadly representative, anti-Communist movement while reorganizing the army to defend a smaller perimeter around Saigon and part of the rice-rich Mekong Delta. "The present atmosphere of panic is like China in 1949," said one of the country's most respected political leaders. "We can no longer count on the American forces, and we must act quickly to save ourselves...
...more rapidly than sales of the Detroit makes are plunging. So far in 1975, foreign-car sales in the U.S. are running more than 20% ahead of a year earlier - when they were down in line with the general market - while American-made cars are off 12.9%. At last count in February, the imports grabbed 21% of all sales, up from a supposedly normal 16% last year and their biggest market share since the 22% in August 1971, when dollar devaluations had not yet driven up the prices of foreign cars and Detroit had not yet brought out subcompacts...
...joined the CIA only after assurances from recruiters that the cloak-and-dagger exploits of the cold war were a thing of the past. Now some of these idealistic employees are disillusioned. At the same time, CIA agents in Western Europe are worried that they can no longer count on headquarters to protect them. As a result, they are reluctant to mount any risky or out-of-the-ordinary operations and mutter darkly that the CIA debate only encourages the Soviet Union's KGB to step up efforts to penetrate Western defenses...
...government recommendation is virtually certain of parliamentary approval, if only because the Labor pro-Marketeers can count on the support of about 260 of the 276 Tories and eleven of the 13 Liberals. For the moment, at least, public opinion seems to be on the side of Europe. The most recent Harris poll indicated that 45% of the voters favor staying in the Community, with 33% opposed and 22% undecided. The poll was taken before this month's Dublin summit of Common Market government leaders who granted concessions to make Britain's continued participation more acceptable. They approved...
...also touched ground once, in the ninth round, after tripping over the challenger's foot. Referee Tony Perez ruled it a knockdown and gave the surprised Louisville, Ky., native a mandatory eight-count...