Word: happen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...staff of TIME, major international events often do not simply happen-they unfold slowly, develop subtly, provoke reactions from other parts of the world and change course with maddening unpredictability. So it was with the crisis over the seizure by Iranian students of the U.S. embassy in Tehran, the subject of this week's cover story...
...relatives of the hostages, tried to reassure them and discussed some of the problems the U.S. was facing. As Scoop Jackson described the dilemma: "Who do you talk to? Who do you deal with? It's a situation of great instability. You don't know what's going to happen from one moment to the next." One White House aide expressed his anxiety in the jargon of the Pentagon's war gamers: "It's a classic case of gaming versus an irrational opponent. As the irrationality approaches 100%, your ability to game nears zero...
Schmidt's government has expressed sympathy for the gypsies' cause; one official has urged it to settle the compensation issue "promptly and generously." If that does not happen soon, some gypsies are prepared to take further steps to underscore their grievances. One tactic under consideration: inviting arrest by tearing down signs barring gypsies from campsites in the hope that it might lead to a court ruling affirming the full equality of a people still searching for a place to call home...
...meek shall inherit the earth, what the hell is gonna happen to all us tigers," reads the caption under the picture of a puzzled feline that Pappy Hunt, women's cross country coach, presented to sophomore Martha Clabby at last night's end-of-season banquet...
...part of the freshman year. But there are signs that economic anxiety and tougher competition are more significant factors. "Students are very concerned about job opportunities and the economy,'' says James Corbridge, vice chancellor at the University of Colorado. "They say, 'What's going to happen to me?' '' Adds an undergraduate woman at the University of Kansas...