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...certain price has to be paid for living in a free society. The Soviet KGB has a much easier time operating in the U.S. than the CIA does in Russia. "But I don't think you can do anything about it. To inhibit the dissemination of information would stir up a fire storm-and deservedly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTELLIGENCE: Advice from the Old Boys | 2/21/1977 | See Source »

...groups, women's groups, community groups and dozens of others were infiltrated. Police filled files with information on reporters who wrote stories critical of the Machine, people who spoke or even signed petitions against the war in Vietnam and activists of almost any kind. The revelations probably won't stir up much resentment against the Police Department, though. Many Chicagoans approve of the spying...

Author: By Jonathan H. Alter, | Title: He Ran the Show | 1/11/1977 | See Source »

...August (largely because of the president's reluctance to declare an all-out attack on the leftist coalition), he has tacitly declared his own political war that can only escalate as the presidential election in 1981 approaches. In pursuit of both objectives he seems ready and willing to stir up dangerous reactionary sentiments...

Author: By Mark T. Whitaker, | Title: A Snake in Wolf's Clothing | 1/5/1977 | See Source »

BOSTON (Epic). Heavy metal's big bust-out band of the year, these five rockers from Beantown stir up a sonic maelstrom in a flashy fusion of acoustic and electronic sounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Year's Best | 1/3/1977 | See Source »

...unlike many Marxists, does not call for violence to bring about a libertarian society. He feels that the seeds of individualism have already taken hold in the United States and that, sometime in the future, a major intellectual debate will spread them sufficiently. Ergo is the fan that can stir up the storm libertarians need, says Wright...

Author: By Roger M. Klein, | Title: Ergo: The right point of view | 12/2/1976 | See Source »

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