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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Money had never been a problem; her wealthy family was one of New Jersey's most distinguished, and an ancestor, Richard Stockton, had signed the Declaration of Independence. Free to do what she pleased, the heavyset, attractive blond worked as executive secretary of the Greater Trenton Symphony Orchestra, served...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: You Can't Go Home Again | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

The biggest fund-raising effort at Brookfield has been for Olga, a 19-year-old, one-ton Atlantic walrus, who likes to squirt water at visitors. Because she is so expensive to keep, Brookfield is letting anyone share Olga for a donation of $15. So far the zoo has raised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: And a Fish in a Fir Tree | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

A few miles south of the Brussels headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization lies the field of Waterloo. The famous battle that took place there in 1815 was, as the victorious Duke of Wellington said afterward, "a damned nice thing-the nearest run thing you ever saw in your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: A Damned Near-Run Thing | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

The communique called on the Soviet Union to enter into negotiations on the reduction of medium-range weapons as soon as possible. It also made a limited unilateral offer: to withdraw "as soon as feasible" 1,000 of the 7,000 U.S. war heads presently positioned in Europe, most of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: A Damned Near-Run Thing | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

When Speaker James Jerome ordered the "vote on division" at 9:50 p.m., the packed public gallery in Canada's House of Commons stirred with excitement. The balloting took only eleven minutes. When it was over, the Progressive Conservative government of Prime Minister Joe Clark, just 6½ months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Casual Joe Takes a Fall | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

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