Word: majority
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...doubtless many black soldiers will become so busy with their own affairs that their militance will fade somewhat. Even in Viet Nam, 53% of the black men interviewed said that they would not join a militant group such as the Black Panthers when they return to the U.S. Says Major Wardell Smith: "A lot of what they say they will do, they just won't. They won't be so closely knit, and they will have girls, wives, families and jobs to worry over." Nevertheless, a significant number seems likely to continue to believe that the U.S. owes...
...loosely amalgamated and led by a burly fighter named Yasser Arafat (TIME cover, Dec. 13), were raiding Israel. Though most Arab governments were reluctant to give them open support for fear of retaliation, the fedayeen before long were powerful enough to defy the authorities. The fedayeen never were of major military significance, but they force the Israelis to maintain constant vigilance, exacting a steady toll not only of lives but of the spirit...
Easily Used. The freelancers who wrote the story, Richard Carlson, 28, a reporter for San Francisco's KGO-TV, and Lance Brisson, 26, former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, were described in the suit as "relatively young and essentially inexperienced." This is Carlson's sixth major investigative scoop. One of his first resulted in a prison sentence for a San Francisco official involved in the embezzlement of federal funds. Says Carlson about Alioto: "A politician can be used so easily if he messes around with people like these...
Mongolism, or Down's syndrome, probably the most common major congenital malformation, occurs once in every 600 births and can be caused by either inherited or environmental factors. Both severe heart defects, next in frequency with an incidence of one in 700, and cleft palate, one in 800, can result from any of the factors...
...statute, California passed more liberal legislation that permits hospitals to perform abortions on girls under 15, in cases of rape and incest, or when having a baby may seriously harm the-phys-ical or mental health of the mother. The California decision-the first of its kind by a major state court-now casts constitutional doubt on rigid abortion laws in no fewer than 41 other states. Also, by emphasizing that a woman has a right to decide whether or not she wants a child, it may have given California hospital abortion committees the support they need to be more...