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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...country and dealing with violence and inflation between 1966 and the return of the Peronists in 1973. Last week, however, General Videla and the air force and naval chiefs apparently decided that to leave the civilians in power any longer was pointless. An ardent nationalist, devout Roman Catholic and fervent antiCommunist, the rail-thin Videla (his barracks nickname is El Hueso, the bone) will probably appoint a civilian Economy Minister who favors business and a Foreign Minister who supports strong ties with the U.S. For the moment, his main concern seems to be to avoid the kind of Chilean-style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: The Generals Call A Clockwork Coup | 4/5/1976 | See Source »

...play is a dialectic between Alving's vision and Manders's morality; modernization of script and set has reversed their roles. What was once Alving's radical individualism becomes the commonplace assertion of a "liberated woman." Manders, formerly the embodiment of societal mores, is now the anachronism: his fervent preaching seems too silly to be evil. In the 1970's, fighting convention is convention and criticizing the establishment is the main chore of that establishment...

Author: By R.e. Liebmann, | Title: An Affable 'Ghosts' | 3/4/1976 | See Source »

This tactic makes even less sense since anti-Communism itself soon will become entirely obsolete in the Italian context. Barring a miracle (and no doubt the fervent anti-Communist Pope Paul prays for this nightly) the PC will receive a plurality in the national elections next year. The Italian weekly Expresso recently released a poll indicating that an election at the present time would give the PC such a victory. In that case, the PC could not be denied participation--of some variety--in the government. It is clear then that anti-Communism will soon cease to be a viable...

Author: By Lorenzo Mariani, | Title: Italian Communism and U.S. Foreign Policy | 2/26/1976 | See Source »

...fervent hope that when "Hustler" Ringer and "Power" Korda some day turn to a fellow human for aid, they are met only with a "power gaze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Feb. 9, 1976 | 2/9/1976 | See Source »

...have always thought that John Kennedy's most significant contribution was his example. To his fervent supporters, your revelations of his lascivious conduct can be described in a word: heartbreaking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Jan. 19, 1976 | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

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