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...that happened back on June 24. Watching it again only a week before she will have to knock 'em dead at the final contest in Atlantic City, Christine Louise Acton has to laugh. But nervously. She is 23. On June 24 she struck a bargain with the Miss America Pageant system. She accepted a job as Miss California, 1978. She knew it would take up most of her time, patience, energy and privacy for a whole year. In return for a chunk of the $1 million plus in scholarship money given by Gillette, Kellogg, Campbell Soup and other companies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In California: Practicing Swimsuit for Atlantic City | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

Isabel G. MacCaffrey, Kenan Professor of History and Literature, died Friday of cancer at the age of 54 at her home in Acton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: History and Lit Chairman Dies At Age of 54 | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

...envious of a fellow cleric gone off to drive a train. And Ronnie, ever the six-year-old boy who had brought a bunch of fresh-picked flowers to his new mother, always needy for the mothering attention of elegant ladies in great country houses. It was under Lady Acton's affectionate (if platonic) wing that he translated his celebrated Bible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Family Fair | 3/20/1978 | See Source »

Shield's place in the nets has gone to freshman Ken Moore from Acton, Ma. Moore currently sports a 4.2 goals-against average and will be the fourth first-year goaltender to play at Watson Rink this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Icemen Return Home, Face Clarkson | 1/5/1978 | See Source »

...slogan of television programmers might well be a version of Lord Acton's aphorism: "Power corrupts, but oh! so intriguingly." ABC'S $7.5 million miniseries, Washington: Behind Closed Doors, an unabashed takeoff on Watergate, was just about as successful as the network had hoped it would be. The show climbed steadily from an opening-night Nielsen 34 share, and at week's end had captured a 40 or more share of tube watchers in major American cities. That was not quite a blockbusting success on the scale of Roots (viewing share...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Scandal as Entertainment | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

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