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Under U.S. pressure, the Saigon government suddenly relaxed the rules for evacuating the Vietnamese dependents of American citizens. One American affected by the ruling was Karl Camp, who had already spent $1,500 in bribes in an effort to get his Vietnamese wife and her six children out of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH VIET NAM: NEXT, THE STRUGGLE FOR SAIGON | 4/28/1975 | See Source »

When Connally took the stand in his own defense last week, his voice sounded hollow, his complexion reddened, and on occasion he coughed nervously into his hand. But as Williams' examination went on, Connally relaxed and in most crucial particulars he handled himself reasonably well. Was it true or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIALS: Big John Connolly Acquitted | 4/28/1975 | See Source »

Observers describe Assad's policies with the vague term "flexibility." Internally, he has relaxed currency controls and travel restrictions and seeks to attract Western investment. Externally, he appears almost deliberately to be intimidating Iraq, perhaps as a means of discouraging Baghdad from any idea of moving against his territory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Further Detours on the Road to Peace | 4/28/1975 | See Source »

The study of history has its equivalent of Dupin the relaxed thinker puffing on his meerschaum, scoffing at the scurrying police as they collect their clues. Worried because "the nineteenth-century pre-eminence of history in the sphere of intellect no longer obtains," intellectual and musical historian Jacques Barzun (University...

Author: By Richard Shepro, | Title: History as History | 4/24/1975 | See Source »

After conducting an interview, an alumnus or staff member rates the candidates on the academic, extra curricular, athletic and personal qualities that form his admissions profile. He also writes a summary of his impression of the candidate. The summary, which may range in length from a paragraph to several pages...

Author: By Audrey H. Ingber and Mark J. Penn, S | Title: The Admissions Process: Target Figures, Profiles, Political Admits... | 4/24/1975 | See Source »

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