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Proportional representation in the Cambridge sense of the phrase is a dying art--the Cambridge law, thanks to a glitch somewhere in the state processing system, was never officially published as a law and no recent statute exists which adequately lays down the rules. But Cambridge politicians adore it, even...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Proportional Representation -- Voting By Number | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

Were she not an unquestioned star, one would suspect The Main Event of being a vanity production-the sort of thing aging screen queens sometimes get their wealthy admirers to buy for them so that the camera may once again be permitted to adore them. In particular, this star seems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Low Blow | 7/9/1979 | See Source »

It is the right word for these kids-a first draft of a word rather than a finished word, hopeful, awkward, the kind of word that experts in youth guidance adore. But-who can be against positiveness? Or Dan Voll? Or those who, in all their positiveness, devote themselves to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Virginia: Pursuing Positiveness | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

But if the Japanese shun guns, they adore models of the real thing. Last year model-gun manufacturers turned out a $25 million arsenal of 600,000 ersatz weapons, among them exact replicas of the Luger PO8, the Walther P38 and the Mauser Military 7.63 mm. According to law, all...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Disarming Idea | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

Kaz (Sept. 10, CBS, 10 p.m.). Ron Leibman is a brash and at times abrasive character actor who does not have what it takes to be a movie star. The small screen is another matter. TV audiences adore performers who burst into their living rooms like loudmouthed relatives. Though such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The 1978-79 Season: I | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

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