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Dates: during 1970-1979
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General David Martin, commander of the U.S. Army base near Mainz, had come with his civilian interpreter to join in the jolly burghers' celebration. But, to his dismay, he thought he detected a lack of strategic support on Miss Nelson's person. Though there is no written rule on the matter, the Army sent her a flat letter of reprimand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICANA: Battle of the Bulge II | 6/12/1978 | See Source »

...early '60s, Harvard released a document showing that a Medical School professor received $30,000 in CIA money for a series of experiments on the "hypnotizability" of individuals. No drugs were involved, and the tests shows hypnosis to be "a very poor method for mind-control," Dr. Martin T. Orne '48 said after the research was revealed this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Next time let's stick to crossword puzzles | 6/8/1978 | See Source »

SEPTEMBER 1967 fell between two summers of racial tension and violence in America's inner cities. Increasing pride and rising expectations among blacks were chafing against the reality of living conditions in ghettos like Watts and Harlem. In 1967 there were riots in Detroit. In 1968 the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. marked an end to restraint, and the hell that broke loose that summer in Watts and the poor sections of other American cities made a lasting impression on the millions of Americans who watched the trashing on the six o'clock news. The tension released that summer...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: A Mental Block | 6/7/1978 | See Source »

Retiring logician W.V.O. Quine seems a likely bet to mount the podium, along with Dangerfield and Commencement speaker Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Billy Martin...

Author: By Bro. IGNATIUS Dooley, | Title: Honorary Degree Speculation Rises | 6/6/1978 | See Source »

...notably Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Van Morrison, and Neil Young--one might assume that it would take a king-hell bummer on the level of an indoor altamont to spoil this film. There is certainly no arguing over the quality of music in the film. Director Martin Scorsese's (Mean Streets, Taxi Driver) film is definitely worth seeing at least once, but somehow The Last Waltz comes up short. It is just a touch too self-conscious, a little bit too perfect in its staging and supposed spontaneity to be completely enjoyable...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: The Medicine Show Packs Up | 6/6/1978 | See Source »

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