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...resurrecting the legion, Paris apparently acted out of fear that if a pan-Islamic force gained sway in Chad, there would be trouble in other former French colonies on Chad's border-Niger, the Central African Republic and Cameroun. Backed mainly by the Saras, who account for just 17% of the population, Tombalbaye's one-party dictatorship was near collapse when he asked for French troops under a defense pact with Paris. The French garrison at Fort-Lamy was increased to 2,000 infantry, marines and air force men, but the legionnaires have handled most of the fighting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chad: The Last Beau Geste | 2/16/1970 | See Source »

...dances up to him, trills: "And I am a dead woman." Death enfolds her, black arms around white. They sway together and dance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Heartland of the Absurd | 2/16/1970 | See Source »

...bleats of dying calves. Yet today Steinbeck's crucible of dust and storm is a wild and beautiful country, made fertile by deepwell irrigation. Clean, brisk air, coming more in waves than gusts, buffets the winter wheat and corn that thrust above the occasional snows and seem to sway in time to the thumping of the irrigation pumps. Everywhere a new spirit of enthusiasm and industry is at work. It is felt in Guymon (pop. 6,000), a feed-lot and meatpacking center that is already siphoning business away from Kansas City. There are still trailers here; now they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Oklahoma 1970: The Dust Bowl of the '30s Revisited | 1/26/1970 | See Source »

Both in his legislative program and in his frequent visits to the countryside, Thieu is plainly striving to extend the sway of his government beyond Saigon. Many legislators, content to serve and deal in the capital without building a political base in the countryside, are unsympathetic to his efforts and are often outright obstructive. It remains to be seen for how long Thieu, in the midst of his struggles to stabilize the economy and strengthen the army, will put up with such tactics before taking more severe steps to curb the powers of the kindergarten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Thieu Faces the Kindergarten | 1/12/1970 | See Source »

...trees of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, hold candles and sway back and forth singing Christmas carols to the Kennedys...

Author: By John G. Short, | Title: The FutureTea Leaves and Taurus | 1/5/1970 | See Source »

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