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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...law was strictly enforced and obediently adhered to. Gasoline reserves built rapidly, and the populace was only minimally inconvenienced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Letters, Jul. 9, 1979 | 7/9/1979 | See Source »

Luckily, Lamont didn't have to go it alone, though. The academic brass led him by the hand, providing him with "typical" students--a couple of pre-meds, a pre-law student, a few women, not to forget a smattering of minorities--all chosen by the front office, the University administrators. Lamont explains "I could waste time randomly interviewing, but I wanted to make it as scientific as I could...

Author: By Katherine P. States, | Title: Speaking for Himself | 7/6/1979 | See Source »

errors in law" in federal court soon, Sullivan told the council...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MBTA | 7/3/1979 | See Source »

...more than 1,500 lives in the past 18 months. The worst incident occurred in December, when 111 people were killed in a sectarian clash between the generally right-wing Sunni Muslims and the often left-leaning Shi'ite Muslims. An ardent civil libertarian, Ecevit reluctantly imposed martial law in 13 of Turkey's 67 provinces. Martial law was later extended to six eastern provinces to head off potential Kurdish unrest stimulated by the revolution in Iran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: Ecevit Gets a Reprieve | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

...involved appalled. Says Mahoney: "How could she do this? She had a very comfortable background, good schools, good opportunities." Victoria seems mystified by all the fuss: "You know, it's weird, Because they want to put you in jail for ng in love. Like love is against the law...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Touch of Incest | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

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