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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That's the way the interview with the former president began, Nixon and Frost sitting in a house owned by one of Nixon's friends, 12 miles up the beach from San Clemente, both in dark suits, jets droning over every few minutes. Frost led with the real question--were you ever part of a conspiracy to obstruct justice? What was on the 18-minute gap on the June 20, 1972 tape conversation with H.R. Haldeman? Nixon answered the gap contained only his and Haldeman's discussion of the political ramifications of Watergate; that their main concern was "whether...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: Three More Weeks | 5/9/1977 | See Source »

...revelations were too much for ABC Sports and Arledge, who has recently been touted as the next head of news operations for the network. The network canceled the seventh series of bouts-scheduled to be fought in Miami Beach-stopped the tournament, and hired a special investigator to delve into the charges. Rival CBS was caught in the backlash. After promoters set up an embarrassing mismatch for CBS's boxing series, both networks-wary of viewer confidence in the sport-suspended future bouts. ABC hopes to clean house and resume the telecasts, but Don King's tourney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A King-Size Scandal in the Ring | 5/2/1977 | See Source »

...Teller outlets. Camisoles are just as popular. Says a buyer at Chicago's Marshall Field: "We are selling all we have." In Los Angeles, Designer Lore Caulfield says that demand for her slinky satin camisoles has been so overwhelming that she has had to ration them. In Palm Beach, where the Martha shop has had instant success with corselettes and camisoles, Co-Owner Lynn Manulis calls them "a very provocative above-the-table look." Joanne Stroud, professor of literature and psychology at the University of Dallas, bought two Saint Laurent corselettes. Her mother was shocked. Says Stroud: "I think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Going Public, Coming Out on Top | 5/2/1977 | See Source »

This time the 747-load of fools consists of rich folks being ferried to an art-gallery opening in Palm Beach at the lavish expense of its owner (James Stewart). Also aboard are many of his paintings and a gang of hijackers who gas crew and passengers and slip down below the altitude where radar can track the craft. Then they fly it smack into the ocean. The thing sinks but does not flood, thanks to some watertight compartments Stewart has thoughtfully provided for his artwork. Everyone behaves predictably. Pilot Jack Lemmon is valiant and resourceful, older character people like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Misnomer | 5/2/1977 | See Source »

...tell you about the best beach in the Virgin Islands, or where to get a great pina colada. But by Wednesday I knew New Jersey's great airports pretty well. Don't pay a dollar to park in the Morristown lot; there are free spaces fifty yards further on. And try the grilled cheese and tomato in Manny's Cockpit Restaurant. Can't get anything like it on Antigua...

Author: By Fred Hiatt, | Title: Thumbing the Friendly Skies | 4/28/1977 | See Source »

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