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President ??? said last night in a nationally ??? speech that American and ??? Vietnamese troops have cro??? the Cambodian border to attack ??? central Vietcong base complex, ??? lies 20 miles into Cambodian ???tory...

Author: By ???hur H. Lubow, | Title: Nixon Announces Invasion Of Cambodian Border Area | 5/1/1970 | See Source »

Although the Civil Rights Organization began to apply more and more pressure and grew stronger and stronger, a split was developing within it. Some of the CRO people insisted that equal civil rights was all that they wanted, others began to think in terms of toppling the whole Ulster regime. An interesting problem faced the latter element-which called itself "the People's Democracy." Even assuming that the Ulster Constitution was toppled, what would happen to Ulster? Union to the Republic of Eire was anathema to the purists in the group, since to a true socialist, few governments could...

Author: By Shan VAN Vocht, | Title: Ireland: If Joyce Could See It Now | 9/22/1969 | See Source »

...cave by four French schoolboys in 1940, man returned to the scene. He brought with him a mysterious blight that threatened to obliterate in a few short years the magnificent red cows, free-floating horses and other majestic creatures drawn so long ago on the cavern walls by talented Cro-Magnon artists. Now the archaeological crisis has apparently passed. French scientists have successfully diagnosed the illness of the ancient art gallery and prescribed a modern cure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biology: Saving the Cave Paintings | 9/19/1969 | See Source »

...successful that scientists and other selected visitors are now again being allowed into the cave to study the paintings. If adequate protection against new contamination can be devised, Lefevre and Laporte hope that the public also may some day again be allowed to see the remarkable artistry of Cro-Magnon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biology: Saving the Cave Paintings | 9/19/1969 | See Source »

...Cro-Magnon man hung a boar's tooth around his neck to ward off evil spirits. Twentieth century woman complements her Gernreich with bangles to draw attention to the flesh beneath. Medieval and Renaissance lords and ladies lived between the two extremes. As God-fearing Christians, they embellished their wardrobes with sumptuous crucifixes and jeweled pendants rich with Christian imagery. Such emblems indulged the wearer's vanity, but also made manifest his faith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Collectors: Emblems of Fervor | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

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