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...decrees were stiff, and even stiffer ones would surely follow. Ironsi warned of the "many sacrifices, however painful" that would be required, demanding "not only the cooperation, but the discipline of every Nigerian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nigeria: Three Years to Go | 6/3/1966 | See Source »

...case, half the team could come down with St. Vitus' Dance and the Crimson would still be favored over Dartmouth. But in the next year few weeks, the squad will be meeting far stiffer competition. The GBC meet includes not only Hemery (second in the NCAA high hurdles indoors and second to Tom Farrell in the indoor BAA 600), but also Boston College's 200-foot hammer thrower, John Flore and Northeastern distance runner Dave Dunsky...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Team Will Blast Green Today | 4/30/1966 | See Source »

...critics insist that fares would be even lower, were it not for IATA-recommended rates. It is hard to tell who is right. When IATA was established, a first-class round-trip ticket between New York and London cost $650. Now, with many more planes and a much stiffer competitive situation, that same ticket costs $712.50. But under IATA auspices a whole range of cheaper tickets-tourist class, economy class and excursion rates-has been introduced, so that the truly thrifty tourist can now fly from New York to London and back for as little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Time for a Diplomat | 4/22/1966 | See Source »

...often bizarre history. Moussa L. Keita of Mali, president during April of the 15-nation council, simply refused to call a meeting. In league with other Black African nations opposed to Ian Smith, Keita was trying to buy time, and to draw up some stiffer amendments calling for total mandatory sanctions that would be enforced mainly by the British. Growing more impatient by the hour, U.S. Ambassador Arthur Goldberg met with British Representative Lord Caradon and delegates from nine other member nations, and the group staged a 61-hour sit-in in the Security Council chamber in an effort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rhodesia: Challenge at Sea | 4/15/1966 | See Source »

...Union message President Johnson called for increased authority for federal courts to try "those who murder, attack or intimidate either civil rights workers or others exercising their constitutional rights." In the new civil rights bill, which the President will send to Congress this month, he is asking 1) stiffer penalties for threats of violence interfering with a series of broad civil rights; 2) more stringent criteria for the selection of Southern juries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: BREACHING THE WHITE WALL OF SOUTHERN JUSTICE | 4/15/1966 | See Source »

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