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AT the moment there are five McGovern children, two in-laws and three grandsons scattered about the U.S. Should George McGovern win the election, jokes Ann, the eldest, there will be none. Why? "Because we're all going to take off for Australia."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Five for George: the McGovern Offspring | 10/9/1972 | See Source »

The United Nations General Assembly looked about as much like an armed camp as a forum for debate last week when it met to hear U.S. Secretary of State William Rogers call for an international treaty against terrorism. Fearing attacks even inside the U.N., bodyguards sat close to some foreign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRORISM: No Sanctions | 10/9/1972 | See Source »

Marriages, children, friends, slices of moderately high life are scattered through the book, along with references to Luce's indifference to food and small talk, and his yearning to win at tennis and golf. Once, as Luce teed off against the Rev. John Courtney Murray and Emmet John Hughes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Luce et Veritas | 10/9/1972 | See Source »

The Portuguese responded to the uprising with bombs and machine guns. They bombed and strafed much of the countryside, including areas unaffected by the rebellion. In the words of one Baptist missionary. "The savagery of the Portuguese reaction kicked and scattered the fire until the whole of the North was...

Author: By Peter Shapiro, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Angola Is Not Portugal's Happiest Colony | 9/18/1972 | See Source »

The original hotel layout consisted of single rooms with bathrooms and vestibules and three-room apartments with small kitchens. Partitioning work converted most of the units into two or three-room suites. There are also some scattered singles on the undergraduate floors.

Author: By Robert Mcdonald, | Title: Continental Overcomes Delays Will Open as Scheduled Today | 9/18/1972 | See Source »

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