Word: topically
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...weeks since the Roman Catholic bishops of the U.S. issued a statement opposing the use of U.S. funds to underwrite artificial birth control programs abroad, the population explosion, a longstanding topic of worldwide discussion, became the focus of an emotional U.S. debate. Four weeks ago, bent on penetrating the cloud of ignorance and misinformation that shrouds the argument, TIME'S editors began work on this week's cover story. In so doing, they set in motion a journalistic process unique in its functioning and unrivaled in its ability to cut to the heart of great issues...
...substantial decision of the Paris meeting was to call a twelve-nation conference in Paris in mid-January to set up an Atlantic economic committee, including the U.S. and Canada. Subject: what to do about the impending division of Western Europe into two rival economic blocs. This was the topic that alarmed Macmillan. The British talk of building a bridge to draw together their Outer Seven and the bigger Common Market Six. U.S. Under Secretary of State C. Douglas Dillon returned from a European tour last month convinced that the U.S. would have to involve itself as a direct participant...