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Dates: during 1970-1979
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She even laughs at her own pretensions to stardom. She announces that she is "a screen star, in the tradition of Shirley Temple, Liv Ullmann and Miss Piggy." When the audience good-naturedly boos one of her jokes, she exclaims: "The crowd turns on the diva. [Pause] But the diva...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Midler: Make Me a Legend! | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

When the speech was over, a reporter quickly probed one of Kennedy's vulnerabilities. To scattered boos from the crowd, he asked whether Kennedy's separated wife Joan would participate in his campaign. Smiling broadly, Kennedy turned to Joan, who appeared nervous and replied in a quavering voice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Kennedy Makes It Official | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

By early afternoon, the market was down 20 points and the tape, which had already been delayed half a dozen times, was running nearly half an hour behind the trading. As it did so, the tension increased. At one booth, a cheer went up as a stock that had been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: At the Exchange: Controlled Pandemonium | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

The Festival jurors (among them Actress Susannah York and Indian Director Satyajit Ray) insisted Apocalypse split honors with The Tin Drum, an adaptation of the Günter Grass novel by West German Director Volker Schlondorff (The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum). It was the first time since 1973 that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Sweeping Cannes | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

He is confident of leaving behind an institution that can flourish without him. Last season, the orchestra's tenth, it performed before a total of 100,000 people. Besides occasional national tours and State Department-sponsored appearances abroad, it visits campuses and towns throughout the region as a sort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Grand Chamber | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

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