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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that pervade all Latin American societies. Dug into the stony walls near the top of the canyon are the most wretched hovels, those of the peasants most recently arrived from the altiplano. The weather in this part of the city, which is 12,500 feet above sea level, is pleasant on a clear day; at night, however, the cold is brutal. The air is very thin, and breathing becomes difficult after any strenuous activity. As the bus descends along the zig-zag road that hugs the rocky slope, the hovels give way to slightly more sturdy but still miserable houses...

Author: By Michael Massing, | Title: Bolivia | 2/22/1974 | See Source »

...Camus like Joey Gallo was reputed to have done; getting through the Daily News each day is a major accomplishment for most. Because of the code of violence they live under, people involved in organized crime does take and whatever businesses it is involved with, it is not a pleasant way of life...

Author: By Doug Schoen, | Title: Who Says There's No Mafia? | 2/19/1974 | See Source »

When a severe water shortage started in Marin County outside San Francisco four years ago, more and more families began to consider moving deeper into the exurbs. Many of them chose Petaluma, a pleasant town of 30,000 just up High...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: No for No-Growth | 2/18/1974 | See Source »

...Olvidados will be shown once only, on Thursday. The weekend films may be more pleasant to watch. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. spent a few years making films before he decided his personality got lost on the screen. So he gave up on Hollywood in favor of Wheaties...

Author: By Richard Shepro, | Title: THE SCREEN | 2/14/1974 | See Source »

...President's appearance on Capitol Hill was as cheering a night as he has had lately. It may be one of the last such pleasant events in his public life. Watergate has moved far past the point where the President can wish it away with rhetoric or by instructing Ron Ziegler to henceforth take no more questions from the press on Watergate. It is caught up in an unstoppable investigative process, in the courts and in Congress. If it has consumed a year, Nixon's own resistance to disclosure, his dismissal of Jaworski's predecessor Archibald...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CRISIS: The President Performs Under Pressure | 2/11/1974 | See Source »

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