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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...never has. Over the years, most commissioners have gone into or served as lawyers for the broadcasting industry once they left the FCC. Even if they had been eager to bite the hand that promised to feed them, the commissioners never had sufficient funds to monitor stations properly. Only lately, under the prodding of Nicholas Johnson and a few other activist commissioners, has there been a change. Last January Boston station WHDH-TV lost its license for several reasons, including the other media interests of its owner. And last August, an FCC hearing examiner recommended the suspension...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: AGNEW DEMANDS EQUAL TIME | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

...Peace now!" was the chant heard most often. Some radicals who say that they want a Communist victory in Viet Nam produced Viet Cong flags, and at least 50 portraits of Ho Chi Minh were in evidence. On the other hand. American flags, distributed free, festooned the line of march. The banners, buttons and shouts showed the movement's broad diversity. One contingent followed the cry: "Big firms profit, G.I.s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: PARADES FOR PEACE AND PATRIOTISM | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

...spiral in the arms race. Both are now working on MIRVs, missiles carrying clusters of independently targetable warheads, which would multiply the destructive ability of each ICBM. The U.S. is probably ahead in MIRV development and could deploy the weapon by late 1970. In ABM, on the other hand, the Soviet Union has ringed Moscow with some missiles, while the U.S. is still in the research stage on its Safeguard ABM system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: THE START OF SALT | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

...over the desirability of offering any concessions to the Soviets. As justification for its ABM program and for the testing and deployment of MIRVs, the Pentagon insists that the Soviets are striving for a first-strike superiority in missiles rather than simple parity with the U.S. On the other hand, as the U.S. delegates were about to leave for Helsinki, Secretary of State Rogers delivered a speech that had full White House approval. In a rebuttal of the Pentagon point of view, Rogers said: "The risks in seeking an agreement seem to be manageable, insurable and reasonable ones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: THE START OF SALT | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

...keen appreciation of the impact of a peso well spent. In his first year in office, he pushed for the passage of a local improvement fund of more than 200 million pesos (about $50 million). He got the measure passed by Congress in his second year, but did not hand out the money until this year. Then he parceled it out to barrio or ward captains in 2,000-peso lumps just before the election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Victory for Marcos | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

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