Word: numbers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sections. "Homosexuality is about as far removed from business as you can get," says Church. "In economics writing, you can always fall back on statistics. But there is no census of homosexuals, and with so many in the closet or only half emerged, we may never know their actual number...
...view of a Sino-Soviet Communist monolith probing ever outward. It was precisely the containment-monolith-domino view of geopolitics that led the U.S. into Viet Nam. Says Henry Kissinger: "We've learned two somewhat contradictory things. One, that our resources are limited in relation to the total number of problems that exist in the world. We have to be thoughtful in choosing our involvements. Secondly, if we get involved, we must prevail. There are no awards for losers." Anthony Lake, director of the State Department's policy planning staff, uses more cautious phrasing: "What Viet Nam should...
...atmosphere of suspicion and vengeance was such that the Committee soon began turning on its own. Robespierre succeeded in bringing to trial a number of revolutionary heroes, including Georges Jacques Danton, who had led the movement to imprison Louis XVI. Legend has it that when Danton passed Robespierre's house on his way to the guillotine, he prophesied, "Tu me mis" (You will soon follow me). Within six months Robespierre, too, had been consigned by his colleagues to the guillotine, without any trial at all. His death marked the end of the Terror, and indeed of the revolution...
...hatchets in their handbags, presumably hoping that these weapons will give them a chance to fight off the Ripper if he picks them up. They have taken to working in pairs; when one is picked up by a man in a car, the other conspicuously writes down the license number...
...Crimson's four, five and six singles players lent Pompan ample support. Scott Walker polished off Penn number four, Evan Hardie, 6-1, 6-1 in under an hour. Greg Kirsch crushed Doug Krevolin 6-2 in the first set, then, shortly after he noticed the arrival of his father in the stands (the added pressure gave me "a mild heart-attack" he said jokingly later) he dropped four quick games in the second...