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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...book publisher who was sent to Algiers to recruit agents for spying in France, recalls one example: "We had a chap in Cairo who designed a land mine that looked remarkably like a camel turd. He put it in the diplomatic pouch and sent it to London. I'm not sure they knew quite what to make of it." Thibaut de Saint Phalle, now a director of the Export-Import Bank, discovered that Chinese pirates were very adept at blowing up Japanese ships, and he went to the offshore island of Quemoy to recruit them for the Allied cause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Washington: A Pride of Former Spooks | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

...scandal in his Administration or any international catastrophe. His restrained and at times erratic performance has won him neither personal nor ideological devotion. His political weakness has attracted a large number of challengers in the Republican Party. More important, it has drawn onto the field a reluctant Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the flawed heir of Camelot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: May the Best Man Win | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

...announced her pledge to Kennedy. This gives the Massachusetts Senator an important advantage in the critical Illinois primary next March. Morris Dees, Carter's chief fund raiser in 1976, switched sides to join Kennedy. Said he: "I am not disaffected with President Carter, but philosophically I'm much more attuned to the views of Senator Kennedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: May the Best Man Win | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

...Saturday? I'm not going to say we'll win, but we're definitely going to be in the game," promises junior center Bob McDonald, who'll be flanked by freshmen Greg Britz at left wing and Neil "Yeah, Tim's My Brother" Sheehy at right...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Icemen, Olympic Squad Face-Off | 11/10/1979 | See Source »

Hughes said he is enjoying the tour of "Da," and despite the long performance schedule, doesn't find it hard to keep the show fresh. "It's a play I have great affection for; it's done a great deal for me, and I'm not tired of it yet," he said...

Author: By Maggie-meg Reed, | Title: Hughes Recalls Life in Theater | 11/9/1979 | See Source »

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