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...position, I hope, to phase out the 72 hour thing very quickly. On the question of the so-called pass law, I've stated publicly in Parliament and outside of Parliament and in the United States, that I detest the damn thing. The sooner we get rid of it, the better...

Author: By Ian Brookshire and Gerald J Sanders, S | Title: 'Promises' Koornoof: A 'New Breed' Of Afrikaaner Politician | 10/18/1979 | See Source »

...Mabel and Art Schweers of Lenox. In his homily, John Paul praised agriculture and one more time called attention to the plight of the world's poor. He told the farmers, "You have the potential to provide food for the millions who have nothing to eat and thus help rid the world of famine." Summed up Mike Keable, a Catholic deacon from Minnesota: "The Pope is the glue that holds the church together. What better glue can we have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope In America: It Was Woo-hoo-woo | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...Getting rid of the issue, if not the Soviet brigade, but at some cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Carter Defuses a Crisis | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...tone was crudely hectoring. Brezhnev complained not only about our "cruel" bombing but about the whole history of our involvement in Viet Nam. He denied that military actions were needed to end the war. Hanoi was eager to negotiate; all we had to do was to get rid of South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu and accept Hanoi's "reasonable" political program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: THE SOVIET RIDDLE | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

Kosygin suggested that we get rid of Thieu; he was reasonably sure such a proposal would be accepted by Hanoi. (So were we. We did not think we required Soviet help to surrender.) Podgorny concluded the presentations. His epithets were the equal of his colleagues', though his delivery was blander and his tone actually milder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: THE SOVIET RIDDLE | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

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