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...avoid provoking conflict. "West Bank residents should be allowed to live their lives," he said. "If they want, then let them demonstrate and wave Palestinian flags." But Dayan added a chilling corollary: Arab mayors should be warned that if their towns exploded again, they would be placed under a blanket interdiction. It would be designed to deal a crippling blow to Arab livelihoods by preventing delivery of food supplies to market in a designated town, for example, or barring sheep from leaving for pasture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Fighting a Cancer | 5/31/1976 | See Source »

...impersonality of hospital births should know that they can give birth at home, assisted by a trained midwife. They should know that sometimes doctors order hysterectomies for convenience and that if a patient insists on it, sometimes her uterus can be saved. They should think twice before signing a blanket consent form before breast surgery...

Author: By Kathy Holub, | Title: The Dead Center | 5/5/1976 | See Source »

...that thinks he's a dancing ham; his "Suppertime" threatens to steal the show, but the larceny is foiled by the full cast's elaborate "Book Report." Bobbie Hendricks as Patty and Patty Low as Lucy turn in competent performances. David Frutkoff is terrific as the blanket-wielding Linus, but why did he throw in those in-joke one-liners to his buddies in the audience? Ken Getz as Schroeder, the introverted disciple of Beethoven, logically doubles as a pianist in the show's five-piece orchestra...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: Sixth Grade Revisited | 4/17/1976 | See Source »

...Good Man, Charlie Brown. Poor put-upon Charlie Brown, along with his high-flying dog, underpaid psychiatrist and blanket-carrying buddy, makes his appearance in a fast-paced, well-acted production at Winthrop House. In the Winthrop House Junior Common Room, with performances Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday...

Author: By Julia M. Klein, | Title: Stage | 4/15/1976 | See Source »

...this flight, the candidate, wrapped in a tan blanket, sleeps through flashbulbs as photographers intrude. The day had been rough. He had made appearances in ten different locations in New York, some of them rousing successes, others total flops. He had started out at Manhattan's Pennsylvania Station at 8 a.m., accosting commuters single-mindedly on their way to work. He had courted Jewish voters, though he knew their hearts were with Scoop Jackson; he had been cheered by students, who he knew were his own. Twice he had been attacked by radicals shouting "Fascist!" His motorcade had suffered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Three Candidates on the Run | 4/12/1976 | See Source »

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