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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pompan energy conservation program called for a moratorium on the John Steel power thrust as the Crimson sophomore blasted his way to a 6-3, 6-4 victory at first singles...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Dartmouth Netmen Have Energy Crisis While Crimson Powers to a 6-3 Win | 4/25/1979 | See Source »

Viet Nam fragmented America into constituencies that even now identify themselves according to their war grievances. The veteran vs. draft resister issue can still stir anger. William Keegan, now 29, a steel-foundry worker in Churchill, Pa., served for a year in Viet Nam as a medic after being drafted. He says bitterly: "The real heroes seem to be the guys who ran away to Canada to dodge the draft. Where will the country be if we ever face a crisis again? We'll have a heck of a time getting people to fight, and other countries know this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Viet Nam Comes Home | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

...opening to the West: Don't push industrialization too fast. Japanese companies suddenly found themselves prevented from fulfilling 30 contracts worth $2.1 billion for plants and machinery, as Peking appeared to have second thoughts about its massive Four Modernizations campaign. The cutback also hit American corporations. U.S. Steel and Bethlehem Steel, both of which were on the verge of closing multimillion dollar deals for the sale of equipment to develop iron ore mines, were told by Chinese officials that the agreements would have to be deferred until further notice. Plans for Inter-Continental and Hyatt International to build thousands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Turning Back the Clock | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

Stinking buses, their passengers gaunt, pale and weary, jam the crowded streets. Drivers shout at one another and honk their horns as they turn the city's few escape routes into ribbons of steel. Smog smarts the eyes and chokes the senses. The scene is Athens at rush hour. The city of Plato and Pericles is in a sorry state of affairs, built without a plan, lacking even adequate sewerage and sanitation facilities, hemmed in by mountains and the sea, its 135 sq. mi. crammed with 3.7 million people. Even Athens' ruins are in ruin: sulfur dioxide eats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: A City Is Dying | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

...Cabinet by his good friend Harry Truman in 1948. A conservative Democrat who served as the Administration's envoy to the business community, Sawyer denounced stringent antitrust legislation and advocated lower corporate taxes and a balanced budget. He found himself severely tested in 1952, when Truman seized the steel industry in order to avert a strike. The President ordered Sawyer to administer the mills and grant workers and owners wage and price increases. Unhappy with the seizure, Sawyer acted only when assured of the order in writing. Resigning his post after Eisenhower's election, he returned to Ohio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 23, 1979 | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

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