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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Having thrown extra C rations to clusters of starving Vietnamese children from moving trucks as a G.I. in Viet Nam just ten short years ago, I now see that same look in the eyes of the mother and her child on your cover. This to me leads to the same root cause: politics as usual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 3, 1979 | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...some means of retaliating and finally, as a first step, ordered the deportation of Iranian students who are in the U.S. illegally. As one Justice Department official said at the time, "It's the only bullets-or BBs-we had." Yet even this restrained action may fall short of any target. A lack of accurate data on the students, growing resistance from civil libertarian groups and a variety of court challenges are likely to slow down deportation. So far, the Immigration and Naturalization Service has questioned 17,700 Iranian students and found 2,200 "out-of-status" and thus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Meanwhile, Trouble at Home | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...display. In the town of Spencer, Bush, the graduate of Andover and Yale, moves easily among several score Republicans assembled at a modest country club fund raiser. The tall, poised figure in the Brooks Brothers suit sips beer out of a pilsner glass and chats easily. In a short speech he asserts his optimism about the results in the coming caucuses. But the New England aristocrat (his father was a wealthy businessman and U.S. Senator from Connecticut) turned Texas oilman seemed patronizing when discussing that heritage. Said Bush: "They say I'm a patrician. I don't even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: George Is Coming On Strong | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...whirring television cameras. Ohira himself blocked Diet votes on the premiership three times, holding out to retain his power while the Diet remained paralyzed. After futile attempts at compromise with Fukuda, Ohira retained his seat by a mere 17 votes in the first runoff premier election in Japan's short parliamentary history...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Discovering Japan | 12/1/1979 | See Source »

...Short Answers...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Peking's Biggest Test | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

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