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Initially, Nixon wants to buy the seven waterfront acres, including the house and gardens, with their flourishing trees, for an estimated $400,000. He is also dickering for an option on the remaining 13 acres of the estate, to assign to a "friendly" buyer of his choice. One of the last points to be worked out was the purchase of some of the handmade furniture. The President has also been negotiating the sale of his 12-room New York City apartment, and Pat said they have had 16 offers. It is expected to bring the President about $350,000; when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: White House West | 5/2/1969 | See Source »

...almost simultaneously, Lermontov, Lermontov creating Pechorin, Pechorin as a character in his own right, Lermontov manipulating Pechorin--and in the end, perhaps, Pechorin manipulating Lermontov. The perspective is at times a bit like looking into one of two opposed mirrors, as you try to sort out the images and assign them to the figures, and a lesser actor than Bro Uttal would have made himself very dizzy in the attempt. It is no mean dramatic feat to slip from Pechorin's supercilious mastery of events to Lermontov's grotesque helplessness, but Uttal manages it as easily as taking...

Author: By Jerald R. Gerst, | Title: A Hero of Our Time | 4/26/1969 | See Source »

...They're putting undue emphasis on written performance in tutorial," Burke said, adding that if the department were to abolish the essay this year, tutors who had assigned few papers could still assign a long paper similar to the essay...

Author: By Deborah B. Johnson, | Title: 100 Sign Gov 98 Petition To Drop Essay Exam Now | 4/24/1969 | See Source »

...encased in pressurized aluminum cabins, hurled aloft by 50,000 Ibs. of jet-engine thrust, comforted with rough California wine and bland Iowa steak. From the moment a plane takes off, it must be watched, first by radar at air-route traffic control centers, then by approach controllers, who assign the ship to a runway or stack it in a holding pattern. The trip costs the passenger about 5.60 per mile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: ON FLYING MORE AND ENJOYING IT LESS | 4/18/1969 | See Source »

...this will take time-and something must be done to avoid another great stack-up this summer. In reluctant response, the Federal Government, starting June 1, will assign hourly quotas for arriving and departing flights at the Golden Triangle airports. This should help divert more private aircraft to small airports, and perhaps persuade airlines to start cutting their peak-hour flights-a decision they should make voluntarily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: ON FLYING MORE AND ENJOYING IT LESS | 4/18/1969 | See Source »

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