Word: lande
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...maybe even the politically advantageous thing, would have been to talk back. Or would it? Newly minted Presidential Candidate John Connally, who comes out of the assertive Southwest border tradition, probably would have handled the matter differently. Or so he indicated last week as he roared through his native land, proclaiming that "we seem to have lost our zest for strong leadership-we have to recapture our pride and self-respect before others can feel...
...container ship Mayaguez, object of a dramatic show of force when it was captured by Cambodian Communists and then liberated by the U.S. Marines in May of 1975, will soon be auctioned for scrap. Its owners, Sea-Land Service Inc., said the 35-year-old vessel was "too old to be efficient...
...assembled has historically given them an aura of political legitimacy. A national assembly toppled the ancien regime in France, and it was a national convention to revise the Articles of Confederation that decided 200 years ago to start from scratch instead and create a whole new law for the land...
...regulated areas. Someone wanting to climb unimpeded could in any one of countless mountain ranges. At the same time, though, as Yates' case illustrates, it isn't fair that one can't climb solo in a particular area just because it happens to be nationally- or state-owned. Park land is land that the people have bought; they should be entitled to use it however they please provided they don't abuse it or anyone else...
...even the Sweathogs of TV's Welcome Back, Kotter. With a little help from a concerned social worker, these misunderstood kids could probably be college timber. What Hill does understand is the steely textures of urban nightmares. From its opening image−a neon pink Coney Is land Ferris wheel against an inky sky−to its final burst of gore, The Warriors offers a hallucinatory vision of New York's deadliest nocturnal horrors. Hill creates creepy poetry out of menacing shadows, glinting switchblades, garish graffiti and charging subway trains. If enough people see this movie, it could...