Word: occured
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Spectacles of terror and revenge occur so regularly that they seem to be scheduled into the routines of the world. They have become a way we punctuate our time. History unfolds as a sequence of detonations, a portion of the nightly news given over to psychosis. The scenes define a distinct style of politics in the world today, politics in a ski mask, violence dramatizing an unappeasable rage. Faceless, and morally depthless, the zealots crash truck bombs into their targets in Beirut or Tyre, go night riding with the Salvadoran death squads, or set the timers for the I.R.A...
Despite their anxiety, Americans seem to remain convinced that the ultimate nightmare will never occur. Partly this is a belief that the Soviets are not strong enough to attack, that deterrence works. Bailey Thompson, 34, editorial-page editor of the Shreveport (La.) Journal, recently returned from a three-week trip through the Soviet Union, and suspects that "they are changing their strategy in Western Europe, and may be contemplating a nonnuclear blitzkrieg." But he adds: "Right now, I don't see any possibility of overt action against the West." Michael Fitch, 36, an electrician from Waterford, Mich., puts...
...suggest making a film titled A Year After, showing the consequences of the Soviet occupation that might occur if the pacifists have their...
...once impossible step is about to be taken. Last week a highly placed source told TIME Rome Bureau Chief Wilton Wynn that the U.S. and the Vatican have agreed in principle to establish full diplomatic relations and that the official announcement will occur any day. The Holy See has 102 accredited ambassadors, but it has long been concerned that three major powers, the U.S., the Soviet Union and China, are not formally represented. The Vatican has been particulary eager to win U.S. recognition...
...members canvassed their respective house committees, perhaps they would have a better indication of student sympathy toward University social events in general, and rock concerts in particular. Informal house committee discussions, led by Council members, were supposed to become commonplace under the new student government. Today, those discussions do occur, but no on a regular basis, and not in a very effective mannter...