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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Let me state plainly that I do not advocate moving a moonlet of Mars to the Earth. Discussing such a project is not the same as proposing it. There is no scientific obstacle to doing it, as every physics student knows. But neither is there any point to it, unless the benefits outweigh the costs. And to give proper scientific credits: mind-boggling rearrangements of the solar system have been discussed before; e.g., by Fritz Zwicky at Caltech and Freeman Dyson at Princeton. Regardless, the examination of the Martian moonlets in situ should become a scientific objective of the highest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 7, 1969 | 3/7/1969 | See Source »

...decreed that all riders must drop the exact fare into the locked fare box. Drivers were allowed to carry no cash on their person. In desperation, John stepped down and turned to a young woman on the curb to ask for change. "Miss," he began, "could you-" She let him have it with her G-G31 tear-gas device, a $24.95 gun that enfolds its target in a 12-ft. by 6-ft. cloud of tear gas and dye. Blinded, reeling, John staggered off down the street and hailed a taxi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Long Day in the Frightful Life | 3/7/1969 | See Source »

Last week Dayan let it be known that he would support Mrs. Meir for the premiership but would oppose any other candidate, whether Allon or such dark-horse possibilities as Secretary-General of the Labor Party Pinhas Sapir or Foreign Minister Abba Eban. The decision was prudent on Dayan's part, since he would stand little chance of winning a party fight with Mrs. Meir...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: NEW CHOICES IN THE MIDDLE EAST | 3/7/1969 | See Source »

...This would be a gimmick, something mirthful in many people's eyes," said Jeffrey Donner '70, chairman of the committee, when asked why he refused to let Levine run with Susan E. Kleinberg '72 of Comstock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Committee Turns Its Back When Cliffie Tries to Win a Seat | 3/5/1969 | See Source »

This year a benefit in New York will send Harlemites to Harvard. The Pudding Theatricals will also let other Harvard theatre groups use its stage, and possibly offer them financial aid. The dining room may even be opened to audiences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pudding Gains A Heart | 3/5/1969 | See Source »

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