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...bombing was necessary to disrupt the German retreat before the onrushing Red Army. The U.S. State Department has said that it was in response to Stalin's request for "increased aerial support." British Historian David Irving, maintains, however, that the attack was a purely political act, designed "to impress the Soviet delegation" after the Yalta talks on postwar political problems. And many Germans still feel the bombing was vengeance for the destruction of Coventry, England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East Germany: Dresden Rebuilt | 2/23/1970 | See Source »

...converts, the founder counts on 30,000 U.S. families who have contributed to the atheist cause over the past ten years. Among the donors, she claims, are "a Governor, six mayors, a famous Texas heart surgeon and several U.S. Senators and numerous Congressmen." Whether the atheist church will impress the courts is another matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Bishop Madalyn | 2/9/1970 | See Source »

...reduce military aid. That tragic country is only important to this country's government as a NATO ally and a choice opportunity for Coca-Cola and Litton Industries. The heroes of Z have either been bumped off or impounded in remote islands and communities around Greece. Hopefully, Z will impress its viewers not only as exciting drama and good cinema, but will also remind them of current realities in Greece...

Author: By Theodore Sedgwick, | Title: The Moviegoer Z at Exeter St. Theatre indefinitely | 1/23/1970 | See Source »

...days, student reporters only got to meet real reporters when they went on big assignments out of town. Now they work with them almost every day. The student reporters try to impress the real reporters by pretending they know everything that is going on but won't tell the real reporters. The real reporters try to impress the student reporters by acting as if they do not care, which they...

Author: By James K. Glassman, | Title: Harvard's War Correspondents | 1/12/1970 | See Source »

...Stanton, mother of seven and one of the few first-rate intellects in the suffrage movement, was so often confronted with Biblical "truths" putting down women that she made it her business to set the Holy Book to rights, publishing a Woman's Bible. The Scriptures bear the "impress of fallible men," she assured her readers. She particularly objected to the authors' use of the expression "The Lord saith" whenever they wanted to make a point. The story of Eve, she was happy to announce, was a fable, and woman was in no way responsible for the problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The New Feminists: Revolt Against Sexism | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

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