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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...kidnapers' intention had been to embarrass their government, they could count the operation a spectacular success. But if their chief object had been to collect the $400,000 ransom that they had demanded, the crime clearly had not paid. At no point was there any inclination by Turkish or U.S. authorities to hand over the money. Their attitude reflects a growing determination to discourage future kidnapings rather than protect unfortunate captives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: No More Tribute for Terror | 3/22/1971 | See Source »

...hammering hooks, the staggering Ali barely managed to hang on until the bell. Coming back, Ali won the 14th, but 21 seconds into the final round, Frazier caught him with a head-snapping left hook that dropped him flat on his back. Dazed, Ali was up at the count of three, but his game attempt to rally was too little, too late. The decision for Frazier was unanimous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: And Then There Was One | 3/22/1971 | See Source »

SYRACUSE, N.Y., March 19-There's a corny line at the end of the Minnesota write-up in this weekend's NCAA program. It says, "Don't count them out until the final whistle blows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gophers Beat Harvard Stickmen in Overtime | 3/20/1971 | See Source »

...phallus could induce, in an hour's time, twenty to fifty orgasms in some guinea-pig of a woman lying on an operating table. For "what value," he wants to know, "would be attached to the mirror of the sexual moment when orgasms could be measured by periodicity and count...

Author: By Elizabeth R. Fishel, | Title: The Prisoner of Sexism Jail and Roses | 3/18/1971 | See Source »

...flailing barrage continued and finally a below-the-belt left-right combination to the jock sent Huntsmen to the canvas for a count of eight...

Author: By M. DEACON Dake, | Title: Wild TKO Spices Opening Round Of Intramural Boxing Tournament | 3/17/1971 | See Source »

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