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Dates: during 1970-1979
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By all appearances, Wediko, a 480-acre forest retreat in central New Hampshire, is like any other summer camp. But it has youngsters like Anthony, 9, who giggles uncontrollably; Alice, 8, who counters the slightest frustrations with tantrums; and Harold, 11, a handsome, charming child of the streets whose smile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Retreat for the Troubled | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

America's oil shale, which is estimated to contain about 75 billion bbl. of recoverable crude, is also concentrated in the region. Elaborate pilot projects to get the oil are planned by Occidental Petroleum in western Colorado and Union Oil in southeastern Wyoming. The investment would be hefty-$120...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Denver's Mile-High Energy Boom | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

The Israeli government wants the land for one of three new military airfields it plans to build in the Negev to replace bases that will be lost in the course of the phased Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai. Government officials argue that this vital security interest justifies a special law...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Evicting the Bedouins | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

The Olympic Village sprouts incongruously from a sparsely populated, 270-acre tract in southwest Moscow. Eighteen apartment slabs, each 16 stories high and sheathed in multicolored squares, will be clustered around three small parks. TIME'S Peter Ainslie toured the construction site last week and came away impressed: "Without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: All the Comforts of Home | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

Only the very wealthy could carry on gardening on such a grand scale, of course; the vast majority of British gardens today are no larger than one-tenth of an acre. Through the National Gardens Scheme, a plan started in 1927 to raise money for charity, 1,250 private gardens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: A Nation of Gardeners | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

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