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Dates: during 1970-1979
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One can ponder why Carter's new maturity and depth did not arrive until his standing in the national opinion polls fell into the basement and his own warm political body was threatened. In that is an echo of the modern curse of personality politics. But that is less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Change in the Set of the Jaw | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

Because her chief school ties are trusteeships, including ones at California Institute of Technology and Occidental College, her nomination was greeted coolly by professional educators. Said Phyllis Franck of the American Federation of Teachers: "She is a rather curious choice, but we are going to keep an open mind." Officials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Carter's Choice | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

It is a country soaked in blood, devastated by war, and its people are starving to death. Every day numbed witnesses to the appalling tragedy that has consumed Cambodia trek across the border into Thailand. Stumbling on reed-thin legs through the high elephant grass that grows along the frontier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deathwatch: Cambodia | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

In Western Europe, the plight of the Cambodians also sparked wide-scale efforts. For the French, who had ruled Cambodia for 90 years, until 1953, compassion ran high for their former colonial subjects. This week's U.N. conference is the result of an initiative by French Foreign Minister Jean Fran?...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deathwatch: Cambodia | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

The largest and most active of the relief organizations involved are the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF). Working jointly, along with such related U.N. agencies as the Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Program, the two groups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Racing to Save the Hungry | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

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