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Conception and Music by BERTHA EGNOS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Jungle Drums | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

...next generation finds Kinte blood mingled with that of an ambitious black man named Will Palmer, who in 1894 becomes the prosperous owner of a Henning lumber company. Haley him self was born in Ithaca, N. Y., son of Bertha and Simon Haley, both college educated, teachers, and solid members of the black bourgeoisie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: African Genesis | 10/18/1976 | See Source »

...shouting the familiar slogans of the Cretin Liberation Movement. The hostages-just released after five harrowing days aboard the airliner-are distressed, but not because of their ordeal. "They were very courteous, very humanitarian, " says Marta Dome of her captors. "Once they let me go to the bathroom. "Declares Bertha Nation, who was slapped around: "Any fair-minded American would have to admit that the Cretin people have been driven to this." Egret Birdsnoot has no hard feelings about his injury: "It was just a tap on the head. They had to keep order and prevent panic, and they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Hijackee Syndrome | 10/4/1976 | See Source »

...lovely pre-revolutionary house," Bertha Neustadt said. "It was a glorious setting with rolling hills, just perfect for the wedding...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: Doris Kearns and Richard Goodwin Marry, As Kennedy, Mailer and White Spectate | 12/15/1975 | See Source »

...action attracts its share of celebrities. Actor Clint Eastwood races a champion named Big Bertha, and Comedian Dick Smothers owns a speedster named Juan Fangio, named after the retired Argentine Grand Prix driver. Smothers' wife Linda thinks she knows the reason for Juan Fangio's success: "Turtles are supposed to like lettuce, tomatoes and broccoli, but ours will eat raw hamburger." Says Jim Duffer, master of ceremonies at Brennan's, who calls the races attired in a green tuxedo: "I can't stand the little beasts. They bite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Mock Thoroughbreds | 9/22/1975 | See Source »

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