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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Woods, who has consistently opposed South Africa's apartheid policies, left the country on Dec. 31, two months after the government imposed severe restrictions on his movements and prohibited him from publishing...

Author: By James C. Thomson jr., | Title: Nieman Foundation Invites Woods Here | 1/16/1978 | See Source »

Emperor Bokassa's $20 million coronation [Dec. 19] was an insult to the black man's pride. This extravaganza staged in the poor country of Central Africa is not to be criticized for its lavishness. It lifts the hearts and eyes of millions of depressed people. It gives them something to dream about and stories for their great-grandchildren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 9, 1978 | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

...Michael Herbert Dengler would have had less trouble in his battle to change his name to a numeral and become Mr. 1069 [Dec. 12], if he had simply switched from English to Latin and become Mr. Decimus Sextus Nonus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 9, 1978 | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

...Right-to-Lifers did not come out ahead [Dec. 19]. On the contrary, it is a victory for pregnant women who desire abortions, that about one-third may still be financed by federal-state Medicaid funds. Added to this will be the continued payments with state funds by 15 or so enlightened states...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 9, 1978 | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

...school's out" exuberance generated by the photographs and text in regard to the release/exchange of the Americans from Mexican prisons [Dec. 19] hides the fact that many of these individuals were trafficking drugs. Their activities could thus result in degradation of human life far beyond anything they experienced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 9, 1978 | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

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