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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Boston lawyer. "The currently ascendant philosophy of humanism has an entirely different view of man: he is an autonomous being, with no external controls. Because Catholics happen to be conspicuous exponents of natural moral law, humanists see the church as their barrier, and they are bitter against it." The threat to Catholics is not the snide and supercilious contempt of a casual bigot, but the idea, immensely powerful in the 20th century, that all religion is meaningless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Rise and Fall of Anti-Catholicism | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...they may come under Soviet or Cuban pressure." But he concluded that the issue is "certainly no reason for a return to the cold war ... The greatest danger to all the nations of the world is a breakdown of a common effort to preserve the peace, and the ultimate threat of a nuclear war." At the same time, Carter ordered a series of limited diplomatic and military moves that are designed to keep closer watch on Cuba and to deter the Soviets from further adventurism in the Caribbean and elsewhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Carter Defuses a Crisis | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...home over the Soviet combat troops in Cuba was an uncomfortable reminder that the Caribbean was no longer an "American lake." Those troops, as well as the leftist tinge of the Cuban-assisted revolution that overthrew Nicaraguan Strongman Anastasio Somoza, raised fears that the canal faced a remote threat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PANAMA: No More Tomorrows | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...Lowenstein rapped into a double play with Baltimore runners on first and second and no outs to end another Oriole threat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bucs Win, Square Series | 10/12/1979 | See Source »

...costly errors. His first boot allowed Steve Nicosia to reach first and load the bases with two out. Garner then shot an inside fastball to left for 2 runs. DeCinces fumbled Lee Lacy's pinch-hit grounder to reload the bases, but Moreno flied to center to end the threat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Birds Survive Late Rally; Take Series Opener, 5-4 | 10/11/1979 | See Source »

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