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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Seekers" reversed an earlier decision to press charges as an organization against the administration. "We are very concerned but we want to let the ACLU defend us," Platz said yesterday. The "MIT Seekers" decided to change their strategy following consultation with Moise Rosen, the executive director of "Jews for Jesus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MIT Bars 'Jews for Jesus' Ceremony | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...constitutional convention is an excellect idea politically, economically and spiritually. It might force action from an unresponsive Congress, stop the Government from printing so much money, and let Americans know that their system of Government still allows them to be heard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 12, 1979 | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

Through the drifts a young man chases a young woman who has quite deliberately stolen his hat and is just as deliberately allowing herself to be wrestled into the snow. Near by, a friend calls to his roommate, "Just let me get a picture of you in your wild and crazy cross-country skis." The roommate strikes a pose: "Hey, I'm just a Nordic guy." A visiting sophomore from New Haven says to her date, "We don't have winter sports like these at Yale. We have crime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene: In Hanover: The Big Green Battle of the Sexes | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

Choices of Action. The U.S. must develop, and quickly, a policy demonstrating a will and commitment to remain involved in the crescent, and to use its power to protect its friends and vital interests there. Said Helms: "We're talking now about power politics, and since we are, let's not apologize for the fact; let's talk about it. We have all kinds of people who would be glad to know that the U.S. is in there and committed, and I think we would find, like a magnet, a whole lot of those filings coming toward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: Searching for the Right Response | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

Saudi Arabia. More to the point, the U.S. and the West have a deep interest in maintaining stability in Saudi Arabia itself. Akins and others agreed that the U.S. could not let the Saudis and their oil fall into hostile hands. The country has some forbidding problems that could worsen in the years ahead. Though it does not engage in the kind of police terror that made the Shah so detested, the country is riddled with the same kind of corruption, which could eventually stir social resentment. Akins and others thought that the U.S. was asking too much of Saudi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: Searching for the Right Response | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

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