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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Three-Way Trade. The U.S. and Israel began pressing for the release of the two TWA passengers soon after they were imprisoned, but the Syrians at first refused to consider any kind of deal. Israel then turned to the Egyptians, who suggested a wider swap of prisoners. As talks progressed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Rate of Exchange | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

Invective and Results. At State College in Fitchburg, Mass., the school's president canceled an entire issue of the student paper Cycle to prevent the publication of an obscenity-filled article by Black Panther Leader Eldridge Cleaver. The Harvard Crimson, though relatively restrained in its news reporting, has a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Opposition Press on Campus | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

IT is late afternoon, but the four-year-old insists: "It can't be. I haven't had my nap." Such is the mind of the child, by most indications illogical and full of nonsense. Not so, says Jean Piaget, a grumpy, mountain-climbing Swiss philosopher who is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Jean Piaget: Mapping the Growing Mind | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

During the second stage, the child thinks about everything in terms of his own activities; he believes that the moon follows him around, or that dreams fly in through his window when he goes to bed. Erroneous though these ideas are, they help the child comprehend that actions have causes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Jean Piaget: Mapping the Growing Mind | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

"I'll believe it when I see it," one insider cynically commented on prospects of peace between New York's Metropolitan Opera and the musicians' unions. "Not until they actually get through a whole performance. Even then, there'll be room for doubt."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Singing Is Believing | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

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