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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...placed in sealed warehouses and are not liable to inspection. Some shipments intended for the Palestinians in Lebanon originate in Arab countries. Packed in cases that often identify the contents as fish or an equally harmless commodity, the weapons are shipped in roundabout ways, like from Benghazi to Hamburg to Athens, to avoid interception by Israeli patrol boats. Other weapons come from international arms merchants, who routinely sell to the highest bidder. A third major source is Eastern Europe, which acts as arms supplier to Soviet-backed parties in the Middle East. The recipients represent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Trafficking in Death | 11/15/1976 | See Source »

...only took three or four of the opening crashing chords to humble Pabst. Supposedly, Pabst spun around in amazement, and then jumped off the podium to stare incredulously Horowitz's hands. At the end, the house rose, screaming hysterically. The leading critic wrote that "not since Hamburg discovered Caruso has there been anything like this...

Author: By Judy Kogan, | Title: From Carnegie to Korvette's | 10/14/1976 | See Source »

...break back in 1925 that launched Vladimir Horowitz to stardom came the way every young pianist envisions it. As told by the pianist Abraham Chasins. Horowitz had spent the afternoon walking in the famous zoo in Hamburg, Germany, and returned back to his hotel in early evening when it began to snow. Near the entrance to his hotel he caught sight of the local concert manager who upon seeing Horowitz-started gesturing excitedly and informed the pianist that a woman pianist who was to play a concerto that night had fainted during a rehearsal and would be unable to play...

Author: By Judy Kogan, | Title: From Carnegie to Korvette's | 10/14/1976 | See Source »

Last week, following a three-day meeting with South African Prime Minister John Vorster in Zurich, Kissinger flew to London, Paris and Hamburg to report on the talks' progress to America's allies, then returned to Washington to confer with President Ford. Almost immediately, Ford and Kissinger decided that the Secretary should proceed to southern Africa to try his special style of shuttle diplomacy. In the meantime, Vorster will meet with Rhodesia's stubborn Prime Minister Ian Smith. Vorster is also scheduled to deliver a political address that may prove to be an important policy statement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTHERN AFRICA: Kissinger Starts a Final Crusade | 9/20/1976 | See Source »

Died. Lotte Lehmann, 88, famed German-born prima donna and legendary lieder singer; at her home in Santa Barbara, Calif. A warm, sensitive actress whose amber soprano was infinitely expressive, Lehmann could electrify an audience by merely stepping on the stage. She made her debut with the Hamburg Opera in 1910, four years later with the Vienna Opera, where she created several roles for her friend Richard Strauss, and in 1934 with the Metropolitan. Notable among her 100 roles were her yielding Sieglinde in Die Walküre, her devout Elisabeth in Tannhäuser and, most outstanding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 6, 1976 | 9/6/1976 | See Source »

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