Word: dis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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McPhee notes that one of these Government pamphlets, detailing problems that arose during the making of the first A-bombs, carries a thoughtful dis claimer: "Neither the United States, nor the [Atomic Energy] Commission . . . assumes any liabilities with respect to the use of, or for damages resulting from the use of, any information, ap paratus, method, or process disclosed in this report...
When Financier Robert Vesco fled the U.S. to avoid his mounting legal problems, he took along a prized possession: a Boeing 707 jetliner lavishly fitted out with a dis cotheque, a sauna for five and sleeping quarters for twelve. Vesco may have thought his expensive toy was safe, but one of his more determined creditors reckoned otherwise. In what may turn out to be one of the most bizarre asset-recovery schemes on record, Alwyn Eisenhauer, Vesco's former pilot, settled a beef against his old boss simply by talking his way aboard the plane, then flying it home...
...clear: It would fight until Israel came up with a significant pullback. Syrian Vice Foreign Minister Abdel Ghani Rafii told TIME Correspondent William Stewart in a calm and strangely relaxed Damascus last week: "If we have assur ances about withdrawal and the restoration of Palestinian rights, we can dis cuss the rest at Geneva. Disengagement is the interim step...
...good side, however, the infant mortality rate has declined for all races, from 47 per 1,000 live births in 1940 to 19.2 in 1971. Also presumably an improvement, although many might dis agree, is the fact that only 9% of U.S. households had television sets in 1950, while 96% had them...
...gesturing with his half-pint of Imperial, harangues the assemblage in a woozily dis gusted lecture on black pride, or the lack of it. Infected by his rhythms, the card players and their women begin, raggedly at first, then with a soulful swell, to sing Amazing Grace, coloring the hymn with a chaotic ardor and subtlety that would surely alarm any white missionary. It is not conventional hallelujah; like much of this odd, ritualistic musical, the moment has a certain magnificent energy that leaves one feeling lonely when it is over...