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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most other Latin American countries, the military has traditionally avoided involvement in politics. But recently Allende took leaders of the three armed forces into his Cabinet. Now military men are moving in and out in a revolving-door scene reminiscent of a Marx Brothers' movie. The first to spin was Air Force Commander in Chief General Cesar Ruiz Danyau. His job as Public Works Minister was to end the month-old strike of 40,000 owner-drivers of the trucks on which the nation's distribution system depends. But in a fishwifely spat with Allende, Ruiz contended that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: More Civil Than War? | 9/3/1973 | See Source »

...added: "We'll never know until we get the darn things down and look at them." There was one performance that no one could fault: a spider named Arabella, on board Skylab for a biological experiment, accommodated to space flight within only a day or two, learning to spin her complex geometric web in zero-G after only a few false starts. Said Garriott with a touch of envy: "She is a very fast learner indeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Longest Walk | 8/20/1973 | See Source »

...South Korea's "economic miracle" was stoked by massive U.S. aid. Since the armistice, the U.S. has poured $4.5 billion of direct nonmilitary aid into the country, plus hundreds of millions of dollars generated by the 43,000 American forces stationed there. Just as Japan reaped the economic spin-off from the Korean War, so South Korea found itself profiting from the war in Viet Nam, where it stationed 30,000 marines and received at least $150 million annually in U.S. payments for its troops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH KOREA: The Delight of Peace | 7/30/1973 | See Source »

...unable to say when I'll have my last," he explained in Sydney. Australia, where he will be starring in William Douglas-Home's play, Lloyd George Knew My Father. Invited to have a look at a new German BMW, Sir Ralph suddenly took off for a spin. "Sorry, dear," he said later to his wife. "The infernal machine got the better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 23, 1973 | 7/23/1973 | See Source »

...working his special magic in other urban areas. In San Francisco, he is chief planner and part owner of the $200 million Embarcadero Center rising near the waterfront. In Detroit, Henry Ford II selected him to design Renaissance Center, a $500 million development that should give a new spin to the Motor City. He also has buildings completed or planned in Chicago, Chattanooga, Los Angeles, Fort Worth, Brussels and Paris. Last week the gentle, soft-spoken Portman, 48, announced that he will make his first foray into Manhattan, putting up a $150 million combination hotel-theater that is designed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EYECATCHERS: Master Builder | 7/23/1973 | See Source »

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