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Most of the violence and killing is the work of an assortment of 115 identifiable extremist political movements, splinter groups and urban guerrilla commandos, 94 belonging to the far left and 21 to the neo-Fascist right. Between January and October 1977, ultras of one stripe or another were responsible for 1,693 attacks on people and property, an increase of 40% over the previous year and almost three times the total of 628 in 1975. Italy was also Europe's most explosive society: more than 2,000 terror-connected bombings occurred there last year, almost double the number...
...stripe halls of the Federal Reserve Building, appropriately located on Constitution Avenue and just a shadow's length from the Lincoln Memorial, the phones jangled incessantly last Wednesday evening. Aides to Chairman Arthur Burns listened, amazed and amused...
...Sadat's historic visit to Israel, Americans experienced a powerful surge of hope for peace in the Middle East. About 86% of Americans believe that the Egyptian President's initiative increased the chances for peace. That mood of confidence was shared, overwhelmingly, by citizens of every political stripe, including 87% of Republicans, 84% of Democrats and 90% of Independents. These are some of the results of a nationwide survey of 1,050 registered voters conducted for TIME by the opinion-research firm of Yankelovich, Skelly and White...
There were tribal dancers and gymnastics displays and, on the stroke of midnight, a 101-gun salute. The South African flag was lowered; in its place was raised a banner of blue with a diagonal orange stripe and an inset of a leopard's head. In Mmabatho, the new capital carved out of the bush, the crowd roared its approval as President Lucas Mangope, head of the new government, declared that "at last we are no longer helplessly at the mercy of the arbitrary arrogance of those who until this hour trampled our human dignity into the dust...
...victory for the Harvard cagers, now 2-4 overall, and coach Frank McLaughlin and his charges must still consider it a big win, especially when they canned 17 of 21 free throws. The Crimson had been damaged in its previous contests by their inability to connect from the charity stripe...