Word: j
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...latest round in what many West Germans have begun calling a civil war between their government and a small army of nihilistic urban terrorists bent on disrupting public order. Since April, Chief Federal Prosecutor Siegfried Buback has been gunned down on the streets of Karlsruhe and Banker Jürgen Ponto slain inside his estate near Frankfurt (TIME, Aug. 15). A report by the Bundeskriminalamt (Federal Criminal Office) estimates that some 1,200 persons in West Germany could become active and dangerous at any time," and an additional 6,000 might give the terrorists "more than verbal support " No wonder...
...some extent, the visit was part of a broad tactical maneuver by the Communist regime of János Kádár. On the brink of next month's talks on the Helsinki accord, Hungary is eager to brush up its image and counteract complaints about church restrictions from both Hungarian and U.S. Christians. In fact, Hungary probably has the most liberal church policy among Warsaw Pact countries. Sunday schools and youth retreats are permitted. Bibles, though expensive, are available. Even so, open evangelism and freedom of church publication in the Western sense are unknown. Evangelical Christians...
...picked Turner's dark horse Courageous over Ted Hood's Independence and Lowell North's Enterprise, conceded that the pirate from Peachtree Street might find himself in the first close America's Cup race in years. Since 1958, when the smaller twelves* replaced the giant J-boats of the '30s, no foreign challenger has won more than one race. But Australia is a virtual twin of Courageous-co-designed by Dutch-born Johan Valentijn who apprenticed under famed US 12-Meter Designer Olin Stephens, creator of Courageous. The low-slung challenger, which trounced rivals from...
...Press and Wylie were originally brought together by Arthur J. Rosenthal, director of the Harvard University Press, Bounds said. No other professors have submitted manuscripts but the Press has received numerous manuscripts from alumni and undergraduates of Harvard...
...decision to come to Harvard was particularly welcome this year because he can help fill the gap left by Kenneth J. Arrow, professor of Economics, who is on leave this year, Dwight Perkins, chairman of the Economics Department, said yesterday...