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Survival consists of good, basic reggae. Marley's rhythm guitar playing is as good as ever. His female back-up group, the "I Threes," has improved and the percussion hammers with greater variety. Marley relies often on the harmonica, using it in original ways. Junior Marvin dazzles on lead guitar...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Reggae Revolution | 11/20/1979 | See Source »

Restic says he will try to play as many players as possible both because it is a home game with no roster limit and because he feels that depth could become a problem this season. In particular, he hopes to give back-up quarterback Mike Buchanan some playing time. "You...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Football Squad Fit to Face Saturday's Battle With UMass | 9/27/1979 | See Source »

Once a profitable puddlejumper, Air New England expanded rapidly after it won certification in 1975 from the Civil Aeronautics Board. Perhaps too rapidly. It now struggles to maintain a schedule of 200 flights a day with scant working capital and a modest fleet of 20 propjet planes, which include its...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Flying Low in New England | 9/24/1979 | See Source »

When Victor Willis, lead singer of the Village People, spun himself off into a solo career, the thump-thump-thump that reverberates through Discoland, U.S.A., was suddenly muffled. After all, the flamboyant sextet is the ruling clan of that realm; they have sold some 9 million albums and made songs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 3, 1979 | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

Byrd has not made up his mind about the treaty, and the Carter White House badly needs him on its side if the pact is to stand any chance of passage. Thus the Administration accommodatingly lent Byrd Carter's own back-up jet, Air Force Two, a passel of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Senate and the Soviets | 7/9/1979 | See Source »

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