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Dates: during 1970-1979
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June 24: Received a letter saying that my family would no longer receive a pension. I understood this to be moral torture. My elderly, sick wife and my son, who has been an invalid since childhood, were deprived of any means of support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Notes from a Soviet Asylum | 4/6/1970 | See Source »

...come to the victim's aid if there was no response, and two women observers boarded an Eighth Avenue express. The victim, wearing an Eisenhower jacket and old slacks, stood near a pole in the center of the coach. He carried a cane if he was playing an invalid; if feigning drunkenness, he smelled of liquor and carried a bottle tightly wrapped in a brown paper bag. After the train departed the station, the victim suddenly staggered, collapsed and lay on the floor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Subway Samaritan | 1/19/1970 | See Source »

...hearings were invalid-The so-called Committee on Rights and Responsibilities is not impartial. If it were, the summonses which students have received would not have told them that they have already been found guilty. It were, the hearings would not be held behind locked doors and guarded by policemen. "read a recent OBU press statement...

Author: By Carol R. Sternhell, | Title: OBU Has Open Hearings; Invited Officials Boycott | 1/14/1970 | See Source »

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