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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Equitable Spread. Most significant, Russia's Malik voted for the revised measure, although he demanded that the peace-keeping force be geographically equitable and not limited to NATO nations. The resolution passed, and at week's end 900 U.N. peace-keepers on Cyprus were being airlifted to Egypt. Two hundred Finns among them were immediately rushed to the city of Suez as a buffer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: Winding Up War, Working Toward Peace | 11/5/1973 | See Source »

...completely unrelated goof, Harvard students discovered a phone located outside Claverly could be used to make long distance calls. Word spread, and so did the calls. Ma Bell hooked up Claverly with San Francisco, Detroit, Mich., Brazil, and Europe...

Author: By Steven Luxenberg, | Title: Hall And Ma Bell Goof | 11/3/1973 | See Source »

...Sanctioned bordellos are what I'm talking about," O'Leary said, "but any such activity should be confined to an area like the combat zone and should not be allowed to spread over the city...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Councilmen Tierney, O'Leary Favor Prostitution Referendum | 11/2/1973 | See Source »

...have a large number of Marxists who came to this area from all parts of the country, and they're using Berkeley as a guinea pig," he said. "This is the start. It's going to spread to Madison, Wis., and Cambridge, Mass., and places like that...

Author: By Michael Massing, | Title: Student Vote Lacks Punch | 11/2/1973 | See Source »

...cost him $50, because the Bills beat the spread and the Chiefs with ease. No matter, he'll get it back tonight, because the Doc bets the Celtics with near infallibility. Here's how I figure it; the Rockets are improved, the Celts are struggling. The line'll probably be 10-13 points and the Celts. If I'm betting, I'm betting the Rockets...

Author: By Freddie Boyd, | Title: A Boyd's Eye View | 10/31/1973 | See Source »

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