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Rival sound trucks blared abusive slogans at one another and hostile crowds poured into the streets of Portuguese cities as the confrontation between moderates and Communists intensified late last week. In Oporto, the country's second largest city, 75,000 Socialists rallied to proclaim their support of democracy. Communist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: A Rising Cry Against the Radicals | 7/28/1975 | See Source »

It grabbed my nose first, and dragged it across expanses of rotting fruits and vegetables to the meat counter, where the flies were holding a grand council, preparing to carry away the whole shebang. No one but me seemed to be aware of the impending catastrophe: the butcher and his...

Author: By Tom Blanton, | Title: The Sun Never Sets on Empire | 5/28/1975 | See Source »

If University officials can gather their wits about them, however, they may still be able to turn the impending Kennedy Library decision to their favor by negotiating with state and federal officials to buy the entire 12.2-acre site.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Blowing It | 5/20/1975 | See Source »

Low Profits. Two weeks before the bombing, according to his brother John, a minister in Cheshire, Conn., Bubar "got vibrations" of an impending explosion. The Government contends that the psychic preacher indulged in a bit of self-fulfilling prophecy: Bubar allegedly paid out part of Moeller's money to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: A Fiery, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | 5/5/1975 | See Source »

Germany was in ruins, the only trace of Hitler was an oil spot on the ground outside his Berlin bunker, Japan was desperately seeking escape from impending disaster, and the atomic bomb was being rushed to completion in the U.S. Harry Truman packed tuxedo, top hat and tails, as he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Big-Three Follies | 5/5/1975 | See Source »

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