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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...until the last moment." Both sides have agreed in principle that Panama will take full control of the Zone in the year 2000 and that shipping of all nations will be guaranteed passage through the ca nal. Progress has also been made in de fining the American role in the defense of the canal, but the two sides have not yet found the formula by which the U.S. will continue to administer the Zone for the next 23 years. The treaty, of course, would require approval by two-thirds of the Senate - something that is less than certain. Vance admitted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: ... and Another in Grenada | 6/27/1977 | See Source »

...qualified black suffrage should be the goal. Even most black spokesmen in South Africa plead only for a form of "sharing in the decision-making process." Would this satisfy the black nationalists elsewhere in Africa? Surely not, but that should not deter us. Serious change-a serious political role for blacks combined with genuine retreat from apartheid and genuine steps toward economic equality -would make a tremendous difference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Arguing with South Africa | 6/27/1977 | See Source »

...impacts on [our] contribution to the collective security system." He spoke vaguely of forming a new "national defense concept" that "need not be in conflict with our membership in NATO." Ecevit did not spell it out, but he seemed to be indicating that Turkey could play a lesser military role in NATO and could reduce its dependence on U.S. arms by shopping elsewhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: Harmony Time for a Poet-Warrior | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

...major problem with the theory that being gay is like being black is that most psychologists believe homosexuality is conditioned, not congenital. The prominence of gay "role models" like public school teachers could arguably influence youth to experiment with homosexual practices or give vent to repressed gay tendencies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: Not Yet Equal Under the Law | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

...piece orchestra (playing Beethoven) and an elaborate diorama showing the burning of Moscow. But Maelzel's star attraction was a hoax: a chess automaton nicknamed the Turk that took on all comers-and was every bit as talented as the human player cleverly concealed within it. That role was filled by William Schlumberger, an Alsatian hunchback who, until hitching up with Maelzel, was the second best chess player at the Café de la Régence in Paris. The machine might have conned its way across the country save for a brilliant detective named Edgar Allan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Man in the Automaton | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

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