Word: jannings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...epidemic was shocking even beyond the dead count because smallpox has been considered all but extinct in industrialized nations (TIME, Jan. 24). Yugoslavia, for instance, had not suffered an outbreak for 40 years. The U.S. Public Health Service no longer requires travelers to have proof of recent immunization before entering the country unless they have been in one of the few places where the disease is still common. Now those arriving from Yugoslavia must show evidence that a vaccination has taken. A person lacking a certificate must keep in touch with health authorities for at least two weeks...
Recalling the widely discussed Club of Rome report (TIME, Jan. 24), which predicted that the present thrust of economic and population expansion would end in disaster within the next century, Train emphasized the "fundamental validity" of the doubts that have been raised about the desirability of continued growth. He picked out several areas for special scrutiny, not least the present distribution of income. President Nixon himself had said in a State of the Union message that Americans should seek quality, not quantity, in their lives. Still, Train thought his remarks "might make some waves" in the White House. The question...
...million or so voters. Feed in recorded messages by the candidate, slanting each pitch to appeal to a different ethnic or social group. Plug in a bank of telephones. Push a few buttons. And bleep, whir, dingaling, the machines tirelessly canvass the constituency with "personalized" calls (TIME, Jan...
...JAN. 30, 1972. At a civil rights rally in Londonderry on "Bloody Sunday," 13 Catholics were killed and 17 wounded by British troops...
...remarried, decided to ask U.S. courts for custody of the kids. The father had entrusted the children-Vlasta, 9, and Bedrich, 7-to a local couple, Roy and Madeline Smith, who became their foster parents; after Bedrich's death, the Smiths filed suit for legal guardianship (TIME, Jan...