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Only four months ago, the antiwar, antimilitary sentiment based in the Senate seemed a formidable challenge to the Administration. Much of the nation was still stunned or suspicious about the U.S.-South Vietnamese invasion of Communist sanctuaries in Cambodia. In that climate, the doves managed to pass the Cooper-Church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Plight of The Doves | 9/14/1970 | See Source »

Lombardi temporarily retired from coaching in 1968 to devote himself to the duties of general manager at Green Bay. But he paced the practice field like a caged grizzly bear, and when the Washington Redskins offered him a head coaching job (and 5% ownership), Lombardi leaped at the chance. Last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Proud Father, Proud Sons | 9/14/1970 | See Source »

As the Sicilia sailed into the Bay of Naples, its decks were crammed with 677 distraught and dispirited Italians, many of whom had never seen Italy before. They were part of a wave of refugees from Libya, where the military regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is celebrating its first anniversary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Libya: Celebrating Xenophobia | 9/7/1970 | See Source »

For Czechoslovaks-and for much of the world-Aug. 21 will live forever in infamy. On that day two years ago, Soviet tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia and crushed the country's promising Springtime of Freedom, which was led by Reformer Alexander Dubček. The first anniversary of that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Czechoslovakia: Silent Observance | 8/31/1970 | See Source »

Just Frightened. Addonizio headquarters were understandably dispirited, but the defeated incumbent issued a calm and constructive concession statement. He congratulated Gibson on his "splendid victory," called on the city to support him, and offered his own help in the transfer of power. Two days after the election, the two men...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cities: The Visible Man | 6/29/1970 | See Source »

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