Word: ifs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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He looked the part. Whether in ermine-trimmed robe carrying the 30-lb. sword of state beside the Queen for the opening of Parliament or in blue-and-gold naval uniform at ship launchings and sundry other ceremonies he relished, he was nothing if not regal. The wide mouth and...
Why is Israel engaging in so destructive a policy? Says one U.S. expert on the Middle East: "It's astonishing. The Israelis actually seem to think they are close to giving a knockout blow to the Palestine Liberation Organization. But if anything, P.L.O. morale is higher than before. Their...
Another survivor was Zakia Fahoury, 88. She was lucky to be able to take refuge in a deep cellar where she keeps a supply of canned food and bottled water. Like many of her neighbors, she was determined to remain in Tyre, even though there was no electricity or running...
All this was highly exciting news to the nearly 600 physicists from 38 countries gathered at the Fermi accelerator. If gluons really exist, they are the first strong proof of an esoteric yet extremely important new physical theory called quantum chromo dynamics, or QCD. Although more experimental work will be...
In 1966 Red Guards burned Bibles in the streets of Shanghai for several afternoons. When boredom set in, the surviving stock was sent off to a pulping plant. In Xiamen (Amoy), a similar burning took place but with a sinister twist: Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. workers were forced to kneel by...