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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Desperate Pleas. On the back of the card she writes: "President Nixon, the smiles on our faces don't represent happiness or joy during the Advent season. This Christmas marks our sixth without Donald J. Rander, a prisoner of war in South Viet Nam. May you and your family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: P.O.W.s: The Children Have Wept Enough | 12/25/1972 | See Source »

Piracy. At Cuba's insistence, the agreement now being shaped covers both airplanes and ships. The U.S. has been pressing for extradition or "severe" local punishment of hijackers. Cuba has agreed to "severe" local punishment but has not spelled out its view on extradition; up to now, it has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Testing Cuban Waters | 12/18/1972 | See Source »

APPARENTLY IT NEVER occurs to Venturi that most people just might not find Las Vegas very attractive. More importantly, his insistence on analyzing the strip as simply a pretty visual image leads him to exclude many of the factors that have given rise to such an environment. He relishes the...

Author: By Lydia Robinson, | Title: Learning From Las Vegas | 12/4/1972 | See Source »

The core of the problem seems to be stubborn residual racism among the Navy's "middle management." All too frequently, Zumwalt's pleas for equality have fallen on deaf ears, from skippers all the way down to petty officers. Addressing a flotilla of admirals and generals at the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED SERVICES: Keelhauling the United States Navy | 11/27/1972 | See Source »

"Liniste." Tiriac, 33, proved even more outrageous than his countryman, retiring to the backboards to sulk whenever a call went against him. That did not happen often. At one point Smith served a clean ace only to have a Rumanian linesman call it out. Another time a linesman belatedly ruled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Rumanian Rhubarb | 10/30/1972 | See Source »

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