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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Cavernous Congress Hall in down town Warsaw shook with chants and cheers. As the speaker strode to the podium, TV lights glared down upon his balding head and visibly strained face. Then some 3,000 stalwarts of Poland's Communist Party rose to their feet and sang: "May he live 100 years." All in all, it could have been a national birthday party for Party Boss Wladyslaw Gomulka-but instead it was the tensest moment in his nearly dozen years in power. After eleven days of nationwide student demonstrations, Gomulka, 63, finally spoke out in an effort to restore...
...value and nature of bar examinations should be reassessed. The bar should consider developing alternative means to verify the competence of a new lawyer." Two possible ways: a set number of years of intern or apprenticeship, or simply automatic admission to the bar upon graduation from an accredited law school...
...concerned a 16-year-old boy accused of violating the marijuana laws. Under the Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act, he could be tried as an adult before a jury. But that would mean facing full adult penalties, which for him would be a sentence of from five to 20 years upon conviction. On the other hand, he could choose to have his case heard as a juvenile; then he could not be held past the age of 21 and would have no record of a conviction. By choosing to be treated as a juvenile, however, he would automatically waive his right...
...result was the greatest gold rush in history. Almost all of the demand fell upon the London gold pool, through which the central banks of the U.S., Britain, West Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and The Netherlands had for 6½years maintained the free-market price of bullion at its $35-per-oz. monetary level. Between Britain's Nov. 18 devaluation and March 15, when the London market was closed at the U.S.'s request, the buying stampede drained the pool of some $2.5 billion of gold - nearly 2½times the amount mined in California during...
...billion-but only if Congress approves his plea for a 10% income-tax surcharge to siphon an equal amount from the U.S. economy. Last week the President called for national "austerity," warned that the dangers confronting the dollar are "immediate and serious." Said he: "The fabric of international cooperation upon which the world's postwar prosperity has been built is now threatened. If that fabric is torn apart, the consequences will not be confined to foreign countries but will touch every American...