Word: factly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hard to answer this one briefly. Ours is an enormous country, and its plans are equally big. It has a well-organized party which mobilizes the people to fulfill the tasks set forth by the 25th Congress. We work, and in fact have always worked, for the well-being of the Soviet people...
...Bangkok, Thai Premier Kriangsak Chamanand compared the heavy fighting beyond his border to "a fire in a neighbor's house." This blaze, however, cast menacing shadows throughout all Southeast Asia. The most intense heat was generated by the fact that the principal combatants are both wards of the region's two Socialist superpowers. China has long supported Cambodia with arms and guerrilla training. Peking's technicians have been providing expertise in telecommunications and irrigation, while 49 North Koreans attempted (unsuccessfully, as it turned out) to teach the Kampucheans to fly MiG aircraft...
...blanketing once bustling boulevards and the country's strike-bound industrial centers. For a time, even Tehran fell silent, though at least 30 people were killed and more than 120 wounded in clashes in other cities. Iran's revolution was far from over, fueled still by the fact that the Shah had not yet left the country...
...study, Estroff joined 43 deinstitutionalized patients under a Madison, Wis., team led by Psychiatrist Leonard "itein and Psychologist Mary Ann Test at he Mendota Mental Health Institute. The ground rules she established put her in what she called a "triangular" position with both sides. But in fact she was closer to the patients, pledging to guard their confidences while sitting in on staff sessions. Almost immediately, even trivial questions became moral quagmires. Should she tell patients that she had gone to a staff party? (She didn't.) Should she let the doctors know when she had information they...
...fished for barracuda (Rosalym caught a bigger one than Jimmy). But the recreational high point came when the Carters and Daughter Amy decided to try scuba diving. "Does the President know how to scuba?" asked a worried reporter. "God, I hope so," answered Press Secretary Jody Powell. In fact, Jimmy managed to stay under for a respectable 35 minutes. "Did you bring back anything?" he was asked. "Sunburn," said the President succinctly. As for why Carter took the plunge, one wag suggested that the idea for the President's scuba-diving expedition had come from Vice President Walter Mondale...