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...those ambiguities had already been resolved, the public execution was still to come. So was the pursuit of someone else to fill out the ticket. The travail of the Democratic Party developed this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: George McGovern Finally Finds a Veep | 8/14/1972 | See Source »

...Travail. Meanwhile, the repair bill is climbing; it averages $100,000 per engine. Fan-related repair costs this month have cost Pan Am alone some $1,200,000. Pratt & Whitney's engines are covered by such a complicated warranty that lawyers may become rich arguing over how much of the repair will have to be paid for by the manufacturer and how much by the airlines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Jumbo Engine Troubles | 7/31/1972 | See Source »

After much travail and travel (by bus) I arrived in Cambridge, passed thru the sacred gate. (Open ye the gate that the righteous nation, etc.) into the old yard. Incidentally--I am an unworthy member of the famous class of 1910. The old yard did look familiar. My old room in Hollis I was locked. This was on Wednesday, June 14. All the dormitories seemed to be locked so the so called "rest rooms" were unavailable. For an octogenarian, this was a problem...

Author: By Henry D. Colton, | Title: COMMENCEMENT RETURNS | 7/18/1972 | See Source »

...Congress, properly informed, could be as much ot a help as a hindrance to the President, particularly in this time of travail over Viet Nam. By being brought into policymaking, Congress could share the responsibility as well as the blame for what happens there. Rather than rebuffing them, the President might welcome congressional efforts to formulate a peace offer to North Viet Nam. The Church-Case amendment omits a cease-fire as a condition for the withdrawal of American forces, but it does embody Nixon's offer of a total withdrawal in four months after the P.O.W.s are freed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Where's Congress? | 5/22/1972 | See Source »

...Lachaise cemetery, the place where the Communards of 1871 had been put against the wall and shot to death. Conspicuously absent from the funeral were members of the powerful French Communist Party, whose union-the Confédération Générate du Travail (CGT) -represents the Renault workers. Mindful of the popular backlash in 1968 that made the Gaullists stronger than ever, and still eager to establish their political respectability, the Communists decried the disruptive tactics of the gauchistes. But they did denounce the Overney killing as "an extensive exercise in political provocation for the benefit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: L'Aftaire Nogrette | 3/20/1972 | See Source »

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