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...people were arrested, the ebb and flow of the crowd demolished two sections of a sturdy chain-link fence running down the MTA median strip, some firecrackers and missles were tossed, and to cap the evening, an automobile was set on fire...

Author: By Daniel Swanson, | Title: Nearing the End | 11/4/1972 | See Source »

...alternatives, there is no hope for any kind of "radical" action. I think the idea of presenting alternatives to corporate capitalism by running in Democratic primaries might be a reasonable way for the American Left to proceed. The other ways have not worked, radicalism is now at a low ebb, and this particular strategy has not been tried before. And unlikely plans which went against accepted theory have worked elsewhere--like in China and Cuba. It is time to re-think all aspects of the what-is-to-be-done part of American radicalism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REVOLUTIONARY DEMOCRATS | 10/25/1972 | See Source »

High costs have put the maritime industries at a low ebb. Not even American firms like to use U.S. flag ships, which are chronically prone to labor troubles. Union rules require those ships to carry crews that are both large and highly paid; labor costs run up to five times higher than those for foreign sailors. And because ships can be built more cheaply in Japan, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Spain-indeed, almost anywhere outside the U.S.-the nation has sunk to 14th in the ranks of shipbuilding countries. Since the huge construction rush in World War II, yards have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHIPBUILDING: A Blue-Water Building Boom | 10/23/1972 | See Source »

Gladstone had everything at Harvard Berkeley offers nothing beyond a program that has just his an all-time low ebb...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Gladstone Leaves Harvard for Berkeley Position | 9/26/1972 | See Source »

permit the tide to ebb back...

Author: By James D. Blum, | Title: A Portrait of Grief and Pride | 5/3/1972 | See Source »

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