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...United States not agree to an arrangement for a political settlement earlier? In recent press statements, Henry Cabot Lodge '24, who was United States ambassador to the Paris talks during most of 1969, registered his delight that there has been a negotiated settlement. Ambassador Lodge claimed that at the outset of your first term "Hanoi had no incentive to negotiate seriously." He further argued that "those who say we could have solved it in 1969 should have told...

Author: By Jim Blum, | Title: An Appeal for Amnesty | 2/7/1973 | See Source »

...medical schools and law schools, and drinking more beer, and wearing corduroys and skirts instead of blue jeans. Mr. Nixon mined the harbors of Haiphong and stepped up the bombing of the North, and students took a break from studying to attempt a strike that was doomed from the outset. Some of us, recalling the apocalyptic days of 1970, thought perhaps World War III was coming. Richard Nixon knew better, though, or so he told the Associated Press. Perhaps we knew better, too, because we had seen so many Nixonian aberrations go by the American people and the rest...

Author: By Robert Decherd, | Title: A Parting Shot | 2/5/1973 | See Source »

...audience, Mrs. Meir told the Ma'ariv reporter: "I didn't like the opening at all. The Pope said to me at the outset that he found it hard to understand how the Jewish people, who should be merciful, behave so fiercely in their own country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: The Carpenter's Daughter at the Vatican | 1/29/1973 | See Source »

...shooting the film, Bertolucci committed himself from the outset to being totally explicit. "I decided that to suggest and allude instead of saying it outright would create an unhealthy climate for the spectator," he explains. For greater realism, he insisted on using an actual apartment rather than a set for the scenes between Paul and Jeanne, although he then chose very unrealistic colors and lighting to heighten the atmosphere. He required that the decor be in reds, oranges and flesh tones-"all uterine," in the words of Tango Set Designer Maria Paola Maino. The light that slanted into the rooms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Self-Portrait of an Angel and Monster | 1/22/1973 | See Source »

...outset it was the two defenses which dominated play. After a number of punt exchanges, the Dolphins finally mounted a serious drive. With one second remaining in the first quarter Griese fired a perfect strike to split receiver Howard Twilley who raced 28 yards for the score, completing a 63-yd., six play drive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Miami Completes Undefeated Season; Beat 'Skins, 14-7, in Super Bowl VII | 1/15/1973 | See Source »

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