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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...With his great political power Curley could easily have been a wealthy man, but he died relatively poor from giving more than he should to those in need. Except for Mayor Daley of Chicago, there has never been anyone like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 26, 1979 | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

...your article "The Deluge of Disastermania" [March 5] you grouped Hal Lindsey's The Late Great Planet Earth with Hollywood trash like Earthquake and Blizzard. Lindsey's book is based on Bible prophecy. Armageddon will not be a disaster for those who believe in Jesus Christ. The disaster is your article...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 26, 1979 | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

...trying to find an Indian grave in order to "fend off inundation" by a dam [Feb. 26], I certainly wish them better luck than the Seneca Indians had when the Government decided to build Kinzua Dam in the Allegheny Mountains on the New York-Pennsylvania border. One of the great leaders of the Iroquois nation was buried there along with many Senecas, and the tribe was told to move them or they would be flooded. No wonder they call Kinzua "Lake Perfidy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 26, 1979 | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

...also poses a risk for Washington. If the U.S. comes to be regarded as the architect of a strictly bilateral Egyptian-Israeli settlement, it too could become dangerously alienated from the rest of the Middle East. With Iran now in unfriendly and potentially hostile hands, Washington cannot afford too great a loosening of its ties with Saudi Arabia, a country strongly committed to pan-Arab interests. To assure moderate Arab states of the U.S. dedication to a general Middle East settlement, Carter is dispatching a high-level delegation on a rush visit to Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Reflecting the broad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peace: Risks and Rewards | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

...NCAA's will be held at Harvard next year--that in itself is a good recruiting tool. But good performances at the nationals are a coach's strongest leverage and this weekend could well have great impact on determining Harvard's swimming future...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Scoring in Cleveland | 3/23/1979 | See Source »

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