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If the island were barren, if it had no majestic koa trees or coconut palms or fern forests, no hibiscus, begonia, bougainvillaea, poinsettia, u'ulei, mamane or hinahina blossoms, it would be worth visiting for Haleakala alone. It is among the world's largest dormant volcanoes-it has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Maui: America's Magic Isle | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

The Pahlavis have prior experience with exile, of course. After Reza Shah, the present Shah's father, was exiled in 1941, he found refuge in South Africa, where he died in Johannesburg at age 66. Now it is like father, like son. Doors everywhere have slammed shut. Spain and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Shah's Dilemma | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

Cost of the massive project: $750 million, to be shared almost equally by the state and federal governments. But California would buck its bill back to the farmers by charging them $15 per acre-foot of drainage water and $1.30 per acre-foot for incoming irrigation water. That, they fear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Briny Burden | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

By any worldly standard Brumley Gap is hardly in a position to stand against a $1 billion water project. The village is set in the middle of what the inhabitants proudly refer to as Poor Valley. The soil is rocky and hard to farm. Most families cultivate an acre or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Virginia: Taking On a Dam Site | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

A news blackout ordered by President Carter kept reporters and photographers out of the 147-acre retreat where the negotiations will be held in seclusion at least through the weekend.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Camp David | 2/22/1979 | See Source »

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