Word: midnighters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Marcus said she often submitted to the pleas of despondent paper writers who had deadlines and had no one to type their papers. Marcus found herself doing all of her typing after midnight, because "that's the only thing I could do then...
There is serious question, though, as to how long the euphoria will last. Surinam, which formally becomes independent at midnight this Tuesday, is a polyglot* New England-size former Dutch colony on South America's humid equatorial coast, with some exotic and bitter divisions. The new nation's largest single racial group−129,500 East Indians known locally as Hindustanis−almost universally opposed independence. They feared political and economic repression by the 108,500 Creoles (blacks and mulattoes), most of whom belong to leftist-influenced parties supporting Prime Minister Arron. Joining forces with Surinam...
...deafening barrage of automatic weapons fire, independence came to Angola at midnight last Monday after nearly 500 years as a Portuguese colony. The territory's new beginning as an independent state was inauspicious: the liberation movements that have been fighting for control of Angola (TIME, Nov. 17) promptly set up two rival republics, each with its own government and capital. Faced with these opposing claims, the last Portuguese high commissioner, Admiral Leonel Cardoso, refused to turn over authority to anyone. "I regret that it is not possible for me to participate in any ceremony to mark this great hour...
Nerve Pain. Douglas' fellow Justices were aware that he had been unable to serve effectively for months. Yet Douglas, reports TIME Correspondent David Beck with, began to be convinced of that fact only late last month. Shortly after midnight on Oct. 27, Cathy Douglas touched the forehead of her sleeping husband and found it alarmingly hot with fever. Douglas was sped by ambulance to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where doctors discovered that he had a urinary-tract infection. It was arrested, but physicians were shocked by the deterioration in Douglas' condition since he left the hospital last...
...week Otis announced that it had received a last-minute feeler for a takeover from another, unidentified corporation. But the other company could not raise all of the cash in time, and Otis' managers were uncertain that they could win a long legal battle with United. In post-midnight talks last week, United decided to sweeten its offer by $2 a share, and Otis agreed to drop its opposition...