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...abductors, the skyjackers have-in the words of a German official-"enormously complicated an already difficult situation." In the six weeks since the seizing of the 62-year-old industrialist, West German authorities have been deftly buying time in hopes that they could find a way to obtain Schleyer's release without giving in to the kidnapers. One deadline after another has expired as Bonn kept negotiating with the kidnapers through Denis Payot, a Swiss human rights activist who is not a terrorist sympathizer. German officials even went through the motions of asking Algeria, Libya, South Yemen, Iraq, Viet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRORISTS: No More Extensions' | 10/24/1977 | See Source »

Radcliffe cannot obtain a building permit for the complex until the council votes on a down-zoning petition submitted last month...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: Citizen Group Seeks to Block Quad Facility | 10/21/1977 | See Source »

...have its limitations. By the time Cyrus Vance succeeded Kissinger as Secretary of State, all sides seemed ready for a comprehensive settlement. The Arabs realized that a return to Geneva offered the alternative to a war to recover occupied territories. The Israelis perceived it as the only way to obtain true peace. But what of the status of the Palestinians? Two years ago, the Brookings Institution, in a study report on the Middle East now famous as "the purple pamphlet," had called for an independent Palestinian state or entity as a possible solution. Among the authors of the purple pamphlet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Geneva: Push Comes to Shove | 10/17/1977 | See Source »

...movement was started primarily to obtain lefthanded desks in Brandeis classrooms, but Gaffin said he could see the Association including "social activities, lectures, or possible affiliation with the League of Lefthanders or Lefthanders International...

Author: By Ellen M. Parker, | Title: Lefties' Rights | 10/15/1977 | See Source »

...existence of the list did not surprise Edwin O. Reischauer, University Professor, listed as a class "A" enemy, because he already knew of its existence. According to the Phoenix article, Reischauer could not obtain a travel visa or enter Korea. However, the reason Reischauer has not visited Korea since 1973--despite having received a number of invitations--is not because he was denied a visa. Rather, he said last Sunday he decided not to go to Korea because he was afraid the meaning of his presence there might be "manipulated...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: Who's Afraid Of the Enemies List? | 10/15/1977 | See Source »

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