Word: vastness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...guerrillas might still bring off some resounding feats," said retired General Eduardo Jose Catan, "but there is no doubt that they have lost the war." The general, speaking at the vast Campo de Mayo garrison outside Buenos Aires, was more prophetic than he realized. Just a few minutes after he finished talking, the guerrillas brought off the latest of their resounding feats: a time bomb planted in the reviewing stand blew out a yard-wide hole at the exact spot where Argentine President Jorge Rafael Videla had been standing. Because the ceremonies had ended three minutes early, Videla...
...successors," reported TIME Diplomatic Editor Jerrold Schecter, who accompanied Schlesinger on his tour, "the trip was an opportunity to demonstrate their ultimate weapon: the Chinese people. They did it at every turn, lining the roadsides with militia guards in Inner Mongolia and showing Schlesinger vast tunnel networks built on Chairman Mao's command to 'Dig tunnels deeply, store grain and never seek hegemony. At least for the time being, the Chairman's spirit is still in command...
...evolution of so complex and heterogeneous a reality as American society cannot be simplified. The Industrial Revolution and technological development, occurring in a country endowed with vast natural resources and an energetic labor force, created a prosperity that had never before been known. World War I confirmed the nation's status as a great power, and in World War II the United States played a decisive role in the defeat of fascism, while at the same time it consolidated its economic and military predominance...
...hope that the U.S. will soon join the vast majority of nations in signing the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, and resolve to use its enormous strength to root out the poverty of millions of people. The future of this great nation is tied to the future of humanity within a framework of interdependence. The alternative is to let economic forces follow their course toward the concentration of the world's wealth in a few industrial centers, while the vast majority of peoples, far from following a path toward development, begin a process of involution...
...claiming that the decision is intended to relieve crowding in South House and Currier House, CHUL avoids the difficult philosophical questions created by the imposition of the freeze. From its inception the freeze has denied students the freedom to alter an undesirable housing assignment. The vast majority of sophomores still must wait until February jsut to have the opportunity to attempt to improve their present situation...