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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The U.S. enjoys close relations with a number of Islamic countries, including Egypt, Morocco and Saudi Arabia. It is hard to escape the conclusion that in those Muslim countries where hostility toward the U.S. is most intense, the explanation lies as much in cultural differences as in history. Many Muslims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Precautions Against Muslim Anger | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Despite the willingness of Heng Samrin's regime to accept outside assistance, only about one-fourth of the necessary supplies has been committed. The government has not acceded to the proposal by relief agencies to establish a "land bridge" from Thailand, over which thousands of tons of rice and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMBODIA: There Is Nothing, Monsieur | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Like other New England cities and towns, Winooski (pop. 7,500), Vt., has every reason to fret about rising heating costs. During the long winter, temperatures there frequently plummet to -20° F or lower. But some Winooskians think they may have found a way to beat their rising oil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: A Dome for Winooski? | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

In the VAT, Senator Long has devised a method to furtively reach into the pockets of American consumers. The wily Southerner has thus found a solution to Edmund Burke's perennial problem: "To tax and to please, no more than to love and be wise, is not given to man...

Author: By David H. Feinberg, | Title: Not VAT Again | 12/6/1979 | See Source »

Benton gives his film its depth and complexity by challenging the audience's preconceptions and snap opinions at every turn. The process begins with the opening scenes. When Joanna tells Ted she is walking out, the film is, for a while, completely on her side. Joanna is sensitive, beautiful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Grownups, A Child, Divorce, And Tears | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

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