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...obviously feared immediate retaliation. Refugee camps in Lebanon, reported TIME Correspondent Jordan Bonfante, were cleared, children were dismissed from schools. The day after the raid, five Lebanese air force jet trainers flying over Tripoli met an unexpected hail of gunfire from Palestinian gunners in a refugee camp, who had mistaken them for Israeli Phantoms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIDDLE EAST: Terrorism Complicates a Mission of Peace | 3/17/1975 | See Source »

...Proxmire's Senate committee last week, Burns protested that the 8%-to-10% growth rate urged by many liberal economists would be "dangerous"; he worries that pumping a flood of money into the economy could cause another upward surge in inflation. Burns also suggested that Congress would be mistaken to try to enact legislation to "limit the flexibility" of the board in determining monetary policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONEY: The Federal Reserve Under Fire | 3/10/1975 | See Source »

...this country is to help those nations with military hardware--not U.S. military personnel--where the government and the people of a country want to protect their country from foreign aggression." Two more fallacies: the war in Cambodia is a civil war, and the people of Cambodia have been mistaken for the person of Lon Nol. In fact, we (that is our government) are continuing to impose ourselves on a people who don't want us there. We are involved in a war where we have no business, and we are not even supporting the right side...

Author: By Chris Daly, | Title: Ours To Lose | 3/7/1975 | See Source »

Sexually Irresponsible. The plot is thin. A young man named Louie (Zane Lasky) has impregnated five women, sired nine children by them and cast their support on the bowed back of the U.S. taxpayer. A black deliveryman, Lewis (Cleavon Little), is mistaken for this paragon of sexual irresponsibility, and his favors are courted by a family whose minds and hearts consist of liberal mush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Dipsy Doodle | 1/13/1975 | See Source »

...Mistaken Identity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Nov. 25, 1974 | 11/25/1974 | See Source »

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