Word: soils
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prison inside a prison, enriched by its own wall that was manned by armed guards. Even if Jackson could have somehow scaled that first wall, he would only have made it back to the main yard and would still have another wall between himself and the free soil of Point San Quentin. "Two chances," Fred said, "Slim and none...
...people for over twenty years can only be viewed as the most cynical manipulation of public sympathies. Chiang Kai-shek is nothing but a dictator defeated in a civil was whose existing regime has been propped up by massive American military and economic aid. America's presence on Chinese soil and interference in the internal disputes of the Chinese are illegal acts of aggression as defined by international law. They are also an affront to the peaceful intentions and humanity of the American people. If Americans are concerned about the fate of the Taiwanese, they should demand that our government...
...Warren, and Tate) not only improved on their initial, poetic promise, but by 1930 had sketched a credo for the South, with the anthology I'll Take My Stand, urging agrarianism over industrialism and warning the South against becoming a replica of the North. "The culture of the soil," wrote Ransom, "is the best and most sensitive of vocations...
...Cambodia-South Viet Nam border last week, but the operation was viewed largely as a feint in connection with the South's elections. Cambodians are still not happy with the large presence of Vietnamese-from both the North (60,000 troops) and the South (10,000)-on their soil. There have been widespread reports of terrorism, rape, murder and pillaging by South Vietnamese. In an interview with TIME Correspondent Stanley Cloud, Lon Nol acknowledged that his government is negotiating with Saigon for the removal of South Vietnamese troops...
...negotiations will focus on the crucial Taiwan and Vietnam problems. Chou En-lai demands unequivocal sovereignty over Taiwan and abandonment of America's presence on Chinese soil. Chou will remain no less adamant in his support for Hanoi and his refusal to dictate a settlement. Nixon must face these central realities of China's foreign policy. If he expects to negotiate seriously, America must abandon its illegitimate presence in Taiwan...