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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...terror. Though it is not known for sure whether Pol Pot survived his ouster by the Vietnamese last January, he is widely believed to command his guerrilla forces from hideouts in the Cardamom Mountains of southwest Cambodia. Other known areas of Khmer Rouge strength are in the heavily forested northeast and the mountainous west...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deathwatch: Cambodia | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

BROWN at DARTMOUTH--The Ivy game of the week brings together two of the Northeast's most worthless cities. Still, the football will be superb, though a fine day from Dave Shula won't be enough: Brown 20, Dartmouth...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Religious Dissension Afoot | 11/10/1979 | See Source »

Carter's hesitancy to recommend a course of action is not really surprising, however. After all, nobody wants to be the person to start the national battle over whose backyard should have which nuclear dump--especially in an election year. In the Northeast, which generates about 40 per cent of the nation's radioactive waste but has no disposal sites, state governments have followed the federal lead, skillfully avoiding the problem...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Wasting Away | 11/6/1979 | See Source »

...after predicting the future destruction of Tibet, he left no clues. According to custom, however, attendants placed his body in a shrine facing south. Within several days, cloud formations appeared over the northeastern end of the city. A giant star-shaped fungus grew overnight on a pillar in the northeast corner of the Dalai Lama's room. And, several days after his death, the head of the deceased ruler had turned from facing south to facing towards the northeast...

Author: By Elizabeth E. Ryan, | Title: Hello Dalai | 10/24/1979 | See Source »

...Immediately, thousands of lamas went into prolonged meditation to seek further direction. Soon after, the same lama saw several symbols identifying the region of Tibet where the house was to be found. Guided by this vision and disguised as merchants, a search party of monks traveled 1000 miles northeast to Amdo, where they were led to a house matching the one seen in the vision...

Author: By Elizabeth E. Ryan, | Title: Hello Dalai | 10/24/1979 | See Source »

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