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Evon Z. Vogt, professor of Social Anthropology and chairman of the Department, called the charge "utter nonsense...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: Anthro Lecturer, Not Rehired, Claims His Radicalism Prejudiced Department | 1/12/1973 | See Source »

...Utter Chaos. Carmela Lacayo, 29, an American teacher and former nun who had been visiting her cousin at his home just outside the city, rushed downtown to help. There, she told TIME, she found a scene of "utter chaos: people running in the streets screaming, others digging frantically, trying to unearth trapped relatives, still others ripping up their pajamas to use as bandages. One young mother walked in the street clutching her dead baby to her chest while her husband strode zombie-like at her side." Next day, the city was under a pall of smoke and red dust. Thousands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTERS: A City Dies in a Circle of Fire | 1/8/1973 | See Source »

...improvement. Then came the Cultural Revolution, the attack on the Indian embassy, and there was a setback. Things were again improving, and then came Bangladesh. Now we are back to Square 1. They say that the Soviet Union and India together are attempting to encircle China. This is utter nonsense. We are not attacking anyone, and I don't think the Soviet Union wants war with anyone. Then there is the matter of Tibet. We are said sometimes to be encouraging revolt, but we have neither the capacity nor the resources to do so. We have always recognized China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Two Strong Women Speak | 12/11/1972 | See Source »

...Scharfman and Douglas Hunt, on their futile quest for literary prowess, dressed one and all in outfits inspired by Poe out of Oscar Wilde to rival the literary out-of-itness of Bunthorne and his "perfect" rival, Archibald Grosvenor (Marc Jablon). They all emerge, in Gilbert's words, "perfectly utter...

Author: By Michael Ryan, | Title: Patience | 12/9/1972 | See Source »

...rebellious Thieu seen as sabotaging peace might simply rally Americans to the President's side, enabling him to liquidate U.S. involvement without any fear of recrimination at home. Still for Nixon to abandon Saigon would be tantamount to declaring his Viet Nam policy to have been an utter failure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WAR: At Last, the Shape of a Settlement | 10/30/1972 | See Source »

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