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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...terms of human suffering, give me Marcos' martial law rather than the deathly peace enjoyed by Kampucheans and Laotians and the clean mass drownings of Vietnamese leaving the incorruptible Communist state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 15, 1979 | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

Come on, Mr. Jensen! Quit tossing stumbling blocks and do something constructive. Give blacks a chance, a few generations of good education, healthy diets and the knowledge that the best will get commensurate employment (regardless of race), and then do your research...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 15, 1979 | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...Indeed, I have seen people so angry that they seemed ready to punch the agent. I have been told by a snotty agent to "take another airline" if I didn't like the way they did things, while I overheard another agent say that she didn't "give a damn" if my bag was on the plane or not. Good God! They ought to pay us for flying with them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 15, 1979 | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...Puerto Rican Nationalists [Sept. 17] twice referred to them as "terrorists." The Nationalists were received in Puerto Rico as what they are: first-class heroes of a great historical cause. True terrorists cause meaningless death and destruction, and hide as they commit their acts. The Nationalists were willing to give their lives, and committed their revolutionary acts for the whole world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 15, 1979 | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...Cathedral, Kennedy was suddenly seized by the inner imp. He leaned forward and with a grin saluted the cathedral's spires. Just as suddenly he realized his peril and barked: "That's off the record." J.F.K. allowed Cardinal Cushing to come down from Boston to give a prayer at his Inaugural. With Kennedy's victory certified, if only by an eyelash, it was apparent that the old fears about Roman Catholics in high office were nearly extinguished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Back Door No Longer | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

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