Word: musts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fail to understand why every fad, like the playing of portable radios in public [July 23], must be scrutinized under a microscope to determine how many of a given ethnic group participate and why. "Box toting" is as much a craze as goldfish swallowing and marathon contests. This, as the others, will pass...
...That must have been quite a toot. The international border meanders by the freshly painted porches of stately, old Victorian houses, across shady green backyards, between sprouting rows of beans and lettuce in stubbly gardens, even through the shelves of books in the town's Binational Library, across the narrow Tomifobia River and the dusty, noisy corridors of the factory that spans it, and finally along the floor of the Bolducs' living room...
Everyone here, whether walking two blocks to shop, or traveling from Montreal to Boston, must report citizenship and whatever purchases have been made, then pay the duties. Travelers going either way never know whether they'll be asked just one or two questions, or be subjected to an extensive search of car and luggage. Customs men decide which on the basis of what a Canadian official calls "le sixième sens." In general U.S. goods are cheaper, so Canadians pay a punitive duty on them. The U.S. tries to discourage the importing of Cuban cigars and of course...
...said Henry Kissinger as he began his presentation last week before the Senate committees analyzing the SALT II accord. By the time the former Secretary of State had completed 7 ½ hours of testimony, he had moved beyond Kant in arguing forcefully that today the U.S. must seek peace by pursuing two parallel paths: one attempting to find areas of cooperation with the Soviet Union and the other ensuring that the nation's military arsenal is strong enough to preserve the balance of power. Kissinger's appearance helped transform the proceedings into one of the most probing analyses...
...Soviet Union can avoid exacerbating conflicts that may arise even if it did not cause them. That means they should not dispatch proxy forces, not encourage coups and create a general climate of insecurity, not sign friendship treaties under conditions that will lead to military operations. That burden we must assume, too, in any rational pattern of coexistence...