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...since 1969; of polymyositis; in Cambridge, Mass. As Bishop of Pittsburgh (1959-69), the Boston-born Wright was a fierce battler against racial discrimination, an opponent of the Viet Nam War and an outspoken theological conservative, opposing the ordination of women. He was also an authority on Joan of Arc. Even as the highest ranking American in the Vatican Curia, he never forgot his roots, dining nearly every Saturday on Boston baked beans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 20, 1979 | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

Last week most of the survivors never made it to Friday. Filipacchi turned the editorial and financial management of Look (arc. 650,000) over to Jann Wenner, 33, editor and publisher of Rolling Stone, the rock-music tabloid. Wenner will receive an unspecified fee and a share in any future profits-but no stock-and has agreed to lend Look $500,000. Filipacchi, who publishes Paris Match and eleven other French journals, will retain 51% ownership of the magazine (six French partners control the rest). Wenner will remain Rolling Stone's editor and publisher, assume those titles at Look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Bloody Tuesday and Wednesday | 5/21/1979 | See Source »

Thomas' career had plotted an impressive arc. Though unknown to the general public, he was a successful and esteemed member of the U.S. medical Establishment; he had taught at the right places and run some of them as well. The rest of his life was his to live out in dignified, influential isolation. There was no reason to believe that any work bearing Thomas' name would ever appear on paperback racks in airports or drugstores. But then, as The Medusa and the Snail indicates, there is no reason for expecting many things to happen until they do; only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: In Celebration of Life | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

...critics do not seem to have ruffled Pfeiffer. "The pressure doesn't get to me," she insists. Somewhat defensively, she also says of her role in handling the unit managers' scandal, "I'm not the avenging angel. I'm not Joan of Arc." Her edgy employees would probably accept those statements. Trouble is, they are not quite sure yet just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: NBC's Mrs. Clean | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

...feel like some misplaced Joan of Arc...oh God give me something, give me something to give, a reason to live, set me free...I don't need your fuckin SHIT!....I HAVE NOT SOLD MYSELF TO GOD BABY WAS A BLACKSHEEP-BABYWASAWHORE! BABY GOT BIGERRNBIGGERNBIGGA! BABY GET SOMETHIN' BABEEGETMORE--BABYBABEE BEEBEE WAS A ROCKNROLLNIGGA! [outside is society a waitin' for me] are you ready to be heard...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: The Street Symbolist Finds Her Ark | 5/8/1979 | See Source »

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