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...eulogy, Cardinal Dearden noted that the city is in the grip of "a violence which comes from a profound and deep malaise . . . and a moral weakness that is reflected in a disrespect for human life." As he spoke, a wailing police siren drowned out some of his words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CITIES: A Long, Hot Summer for Detroit | 9/6/1976 | See Source »

Communists. As for the West, it can take satisfaction from the further Communist splintering-although the new siren song of independent "Eurocommunism" is harder to combat than the old, dreaded monolith. About the Western parties' independence from Moscow there is now little question left; but how "democratic" they really are, or can remain, is the big question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: The Last Summit: No Past or Future | 7/12/1976 | See Source »

...drives of 17 years of public life would not relent. "In some ways," he says of his cases, "I'm still a prosecutor." Albeit without such perks of office as his enormous public visibility and his black Chrysler complete with telephone, two-way radio and police siren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Switch-Hitter | 5/17/1976 | See Source »

...bench to see the fallen Expo for themselves. Carter lay on the flat back of the cart and a towel was wrapped around his face. Twenty-five minutes after arriving in the clubhouse, a Polk Country ambulance took Carter to the local hospital for treatment. "Do I get the siren and all that stuff?" Carter asked the attendants. "Sorry, but no," one attendant replied. Then as the door of the ambulance closed, Carter shouted to an Expo coach, "Hey, save...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky and Mike Savit, S | Title: The Grapefruit League: It's Not if You Win or Lose, But How Tan You Get | 4/9/1976 | See Source »

Reagan tends to end on the upbeat. America can be saved if people reject the siren call of socialism and return to free enterprise. If he is tipped that a former Viet Nam prisoner of war is in the audience-and sometimes even when one is not-Reagan pays tribute to the nation's P.O.W.s. After a straightforward, not to say prosaic delivery, there is a glimpse of the old actor. His voice lowered, his throat catching, but with conviction, he declares: "They are just simply the product of the greatest free system the world has ever known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Reagan's Longest-Running Act | 2/23/1976 | See Source »

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