Word: problems
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...surface, at least, the documents appeared to confirm the students' fears that Washington was secretly plotting to let the Shah gain sanctuary in the U.S. State Department officials insisted that the cables had been released out of context, and were only two of many informal messages about the problem of the Shah that went back and forth between the embassy and Washington. Last week the White House acknowledged that there had indeed been much correspondence mulling over U.S. policy toward the Shah's sanctuary problem. A top Administration official further conceded to TIME that "Henry Kissinger, [Chase Manhattan Bank Chairman...
...most military actions of this kind, surprise is essential. But in a case like Iran's, it would be very difficult to achieve. Without surprise, hostages could be killed once their captors discovered that a rescue was under way. One major problem last week was that no U.S. combat units were near Iran. The 51,000-ton carrier Midway, with its 75 warplanes, was about 2,000 miles away in the Indian Ocean, and the closest Marine Amphibious Force was in the Mediterranean...
Crime, poverty, racial tension. The symptoms are so depressingly similar from one urban center to another that they are often lumped together in one catchall phrase: "the problem of the cities." Politically, however, the cities make up a complex and ever shifting mosaic, as local elections across the nation demonstrated last week. In general, the cities' voters remained loyal to incumbents, and still more so to the Democratic Party. But there were strong crosscurrents of change in some big cities. Most notable: the sudden rise to prominence of new voting blocs in Houston, Miami and San Francisco...
...while hazing is an ancient West Point tradition,* the problem of fitting women into the corps of cadets is new. It was one of the most important tasks that faced Goodpaster when he became superintendent. A year earlier, the Academy had admitted its first female cadets (now 334, out of a total corps...
...immediate problem was how to regulate dating. West Point decided to permit it, but only under Victorian restrictions. The Academy prohibits "P.D.A.s" public displays of affection), such as holding hands or kissing. One exception is formal dances, where the women change from their uniforms into regulation floor-length gowns, and some discreet touching goes on. Despite the best efforts of military misogynists, romance nonetheless has triumphed. TIME Reporter-Researcher Barbara Dolan, who has been interviewing cadets at West Point, reports that about half of the 62 women who expect to graduate next May plan to marry male graduates...