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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...they let it be known, was simply to get on the U.N. record a position that his Administration has always espoused: its eagerness to eliminate the means to wage nuclear war. Carter's audience applauded only once, when he reaffirmed that the U.S. "will not use nuclear weapons except in self-defense." The next day, Carter returned to the U.N. to join Ambassador Andrew Young in signing two international human-rights covenants, one covering civil and political rights, the other economic, social and cultural rights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Carter: Man in Motion | 10/17/1977 | See Source »

Secure and Recognized Borders A phrase used in Resolution 242 that is interpreted by Arabs to mean that Israel must withdraw from the occupied territories except for minor adjustments along the borders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Those Catchy Code Words | 10/17/1977 | See Source »

Injuries, bad weather, and enemy strategy: it all adds up, except for one thing. The absent element, however, was supplied by coach McCurdy, who said, "The deciding factor was that Dartmouth was there...

Author: By Thomas A.J. Mcginn, | Title: Dartmouth Reigns Over Harvard, 17-40 | 10/15/1977 | See Source »

...entire MBTA yard is to be sold, except for sections planned for the new John F. Kennedy School of Government building, a Kennedy Memorial Park, and a temporary MBTA station, according to the board's requests for proposals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council May Zone MBTA Yard Area For Mixed Uses | 10/13/1977 | See Source »

...Trevor-Roper finds that the hermit was the sole negotiator. So the British foreign minister, waiting for the shipment of arms from Shanghai to Hong Kong, hundreds of thousands of guns to aid in the war effort, suddenly realizes that no one has ever seen these guns except Backhouse, his secret agent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mysteries of History | 10/12/1977 | See Source »

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