Word: factly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...airfare deregulation, getting there has never been cheaper. In some countries, notably Portugal, Italy and Greece, the dollar will go farther than it did two years ago. And, while the greenback continues to wilt elsewhere, it can still be stretched to wrap a memorable, moderately priced vacation. In fact, for the traveler who will settle for country candles over city lights, who has an appetite for food and drink modest only in price, this kind of vacation can be more rewarding than the traditional tour of the fleshpots. It will take him to towns as old as civilization, to architectural...
...save on transportation and sightseeing in Europe is to take advantage of government-issued passes designed for foreign travelers. But beware: many must be bought in the U.S. in advance, an inconvenience offset by the fact that they will thus be immune to any vacation-time decline in the dollar. The pick of the passes...
Even as the election proceeded, Rhodesia's blacks were painfully aware of one grim fact of their country's life that would not soon be changed by the transition to majority government: it is they who have suffered most during the civil war, and their suffering will go on. Of those killed in the six years and four months of fighting so far, 97% have been blacks. They continue to die at a rate of 30 a day, double the casualty rate of a year ago when the "internal settlement" agreement was signed. Caught between the government forces...
...that a journalist consciously lied or had serious doubts about the accuracy of his report. Sullivan thus made it essential to focus on the reporter's state of mind, argued White. Apparently, he added, no journalist has ever gone to court before to complain about these questions. In fact, press lawyers point out that a journalist can often help his case by testifying that even if he got his facts wrong, he did not realize it at the time. Many press lawyers even see Lando's loss as a blessing in disguise. If the court had barred state...
...millenniums, blissfully unaware of the scientific quarrels about them, the worms attach themselves to rock walls and form their tough, flexible nylon-like housing as they grow. They have no eyes, mouth or gut, and absorb nutrients and oxygen through their elegant snouts. Especially fascinating to scientists is the fact that there is apparently no food shortage in this extraordinary unique ecological niche. The warming waters of undersea hot springs serve up a rich diet of bacteria and other microorganisms...