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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...over the sea, he would hurry out to the top of the cliffs as if he had a pact of friendship with the forces of nature, or even went on into the oakwood where the lightning had split a tall tree from top to bottom, which led him to murmur: 'How great, how mighty, how wonderful!' " Thus a friend remembered the wanderings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Awe-Struck Witness | 10/28/1974 | See Source »

...brutal, short-lived Chin dynasty of the 3rd century B.C. This subtle piece of historical allegory was written by one Lo Szu-ting; Sinologists regard him as a spokesman for Mao-if not Mao himself writing under a pen name. Since then, there has been scarcely a murmur from the radicals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: The Twenty-Five Years of Chairman Mao | 10/7/1974 | See Source »

...patient was obviously sick. As the naval doctor conducted the physical, he saw that the hands of the man on the table shook noticeably, though he was only 62. His circulation was slow, his blood pressure was about 25 points high (186 over 108), and there was a pronounced murmur in his heart as the mitral valve failed to close properly. He showed signs of an advanced case of hardening of the arteries. Listening with a stethoscope to the labored breathing, the doctor decided that the man had fluid in his lungs. The doctor's conclusion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HISTORY: F.D.R.'s Conspiracy of Silence | 9/16/1974 | See Source »

With her short hair, decisive manner, and well-pressed Army greens festooned with ribbons, Colonel Nancy Hopfenspirger, 43, is every inch an officer. As she strides across the U.S. Army base at Würzburg, West Germany, each day, G.I.s snap to attention and the local employees murmur a respectful "Guten Morgen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: Skirts and Stripes | 8/26/1974 | See Source »

...amendments were dispensed with and Chairman Rodino asked for the vote on the articles presented by Sarbanes, as amended slightly, even though all knew what the general outcome would be; the ensuing tense roll call was a moving, memorable moment. The only "Aye" that questionable caused a vote was murmur to that of ripple Froehlich, through the who cast a otherwise si soft lent crowd of fewer than 300 reporters and spectators...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Fateful Vote to Impeach | 8/5/1974 | See Source »

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