Word: evens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...skyjacker himself was an especially unlikely sort. A young (20 last week), pleasant-looking Marine veteran of Viet Nam, Lance Corporal Rafael Minichiello was absent without leave from Camp Pendleton, Calif. The Italian-born lad thought the Corps had cheated him of $200 in pay. To get even, he had broken into a PX and was facing a special court-martial when he quit Pendleton...
...color posters of the Prime Minister. Reported TIME Correspondent Marlin Levin from Jerusalem: "They had the imperative about them of the command, 'Chicken soup is good for you-so eat.' " At 71, Mrs. Meir outcampaigned younger members of her party and charmed voters with her plain talk. "Even when there is peace," she told audiences, "I will always hold one thing against Nasser. He made killers out of our boys...
...have heard many voices from Latin America in these first months of our new Administration-voices of hope, voices of concern, voices of frustration," Nixon declared. "They have told us that if our partnership is to thrive, or even to survive, we must recognize that the nations of Latin America must go forward in their own way, under their own leadership. I recognize the concerns, and I share many of them...
...Castro days, the harvest period ran from January to March. As productivity has declined, the cane cutting has become more and more prolonged. Castro began his so-called 1970 harvest this July, and he plans to press on for almost a full year, even though he will have to cut immature cane-thus jeopardizing the 1971 crop-and throw as many as 1,000,000 of Cuba's 8,200,000 people into the effort...
...after all, the only Deputy representing the P.S.U. so far. Moreover, under unwritten parliamentary rules that minimize the influence of small parties, he is entitled to hold the floor for only about an hour per year. From the viewpoint of President Georges Pompidou, Rocard's election may even prove a blessing. Four former Gaullist Ministers have won by-elections in recent weeks and will be around to complain whenever Pompidou proposes any changes in the general's policies. Had Couve gained a seat in Parliament as well, he undoubtedly would have assumed leadership of De Gaulle...