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However, the particular comic premises that Roth employs to launch aloft Our Gang are almost embarrassingly weak. Beginning with Nixon's April 3 condemnation of abortion ("I cannot square (abortion) with my personal belief in the sanctity of human life--including the life of the yet unborn. For, surely, the...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: Hey kids, what time is it? It's Richard Nixon time! | 10/29/1971 | See Source »

On Aug. 14, the U.S. was a world champion boxer taking punishment in the corner of the ring. On Aug. 15, by one movement, it had gained the middle of the ring and room for maneuver -a true heavyweight able to dictate the fight. But will its legs stand the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A TIME Symposium: View of America: Down and Out or Up and Punching | 10/25/1971 | See Source »

This week, Albania has again introduced a resolution calling for the seating of the People's Republic in the United Nations. Last year this Albanian resolution won a majority vote yet was defeated by a U.S. parliamentary maneuver. This year, America is again side-tracking the debate by raising the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: One China--The People's Republic | 10/22/1971 | See Source »

American administrations from Eisenhower through Nixon have tried continually to stall the seating of the People's Republic through the notorious "important question" trick. By a majority vote, the General Assembly can declare any motion on the floor an "important question" that motion then requires a two-thirds majority to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: One China--The People's Republic | 10/22/1971 | See Source »

Figuring that the German government would balk if it knew that the U.S. airlines had directly inspired the diplomatic maneuver, the Pan Am and TWA officers asked that part of the 29-page transcript of their meeting with the CAB members be kept secret. No such luck. The CAB men...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIRLINES: High-level Mess | 10/11/1971 | See Source »

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