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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Will the world be ready and able to bear the burden of allowing the Cambodians to perish? In this day and age, when there is so much talk about planning for a future, don't you think that we should plan for the Cambodians' future too? Kathryn G. Banks Baltimore

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Iran's Revenge | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...Program, a United Nations agency operating in Bangkok: "I can tell you after what I have seen I am willing to kill myself to get food for these people." Says a diplomat in Thailand: "The Khmers are teetering on the brink of being extinguished as a race. They will perish unless something is done right now and very fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMBODIA: And Now the Horror of Famine | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

...missionary field for more than a century. How many copies will ever reach China's Christians remains a question. Meanwhile, one observer of the scene in Hong Kong remained optimistic about the Chinese church. Citing a Chinese proverb, he said: "In no prairie fire do seeds perish; see, their new blades shoot forth amidst the spring breezes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Church That Would Not Die | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

...Journal expects to move into the black for the first time. "We've got more than an 85% renewal rate and our circulation is growing," boasts Editor Richard Frank. But the warm breeze of success should not be misconstrued as a prevailing wind for making the magazine, perish the thought, popular. Says Sullivan very firmly: "We are definitely not thinking that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Capital Reading | 8/27/1979 | See Source »

...sold $250 million worth of vegetables in the U.S. last year. Mexican tomatoes alone account for almost 50% of all winter tomatoes sold in the U.S. The Florida growers claim their Mexican rivals produce too much and then are forced to dump in the U.S. before the vegetables perish. The Mexicans counter that the Floridians are trying to protect their higher-cost industry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Hot Tomatoes | 7/9/1979 | See Source »

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