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His métier is writing, his love is sport, and in combining the two he has become a professional Walter Mitty, as such books as Out of My League and Paper Lion attest. His role this time was not to play but to watch, to go to the Moscow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Paper Tourist: A Yank in Moscow | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

The first signs of a "wait and see" attitude are appearing among some buyers who think that mortgage rates may soon ease back. Michigan Entrepreneur Warren Avis, founder of the Avis Rent A Car system, was quickly filling a 120-unit condo conversion in Detroit last month, but saw many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: But Holding High on Flats | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

The Who would have won the sweepstakes five years ago for "most likely to burn out," but the Avis of British rock bands continues to plug along--even after the death of Keith Moon. They've added a new drummer and a keyboard man and are touring America this fall...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: My Generation, Past Thirty | 7/27/1979 | See Source »

Avis Vidal, assistant professor in the department of city and regional planning, said yesterday that dissatisfaction with Kilbridge "can't be too widespread because I haven't run across that type of criticism" among junior faculty.

Author: By Richard F. Strasser, | Title: Kilbridge to Resign As Dean of GSD | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

The history of planning is marked by a steady expansion of the scope of the profession. At each step, that change has met intense resistance. It was not many years ago that influential voices challenged the legitimacy of social planning. But the health of the profession is seriously endangered when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Planners React | 4/5/1979 | See Source »

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