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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Blond-haired and blue-eyed, MacAusland probably looks more like a teammate than a coach when she shouts and jumps from the sidelines, but her actions should build her team's confidence, which is certain to help the squad's play...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Edie MacAusland Takes Charge | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...state in the white porticoed mansion. Britons would not soon forget that the distinguished old sea dog, when asked not long ago if he feared an I.R.A. attack, gruffly replied: "What would they want with an old man like me?" A man of civility and simplicity who tried to build bridges instead of exploiting divisions, he could not conceive that his death could be twisted into a violent statement. "I am a man plump in the center," he told TIME'S Frank Melville last year. " loathe all manifestations of extremism, and I believe we should strive, above all else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: A Nation Mourns Its Loss | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

...days after his arrival, Mondale became the first U.S. leader in history to address the world's largest nation on Chinese television. Speaking from the auditorium of Peking University, Mondale announced plans to provide technical assistance to help China build hydroelectric power. The Vice President later described the plan as the largest-hi scope and complexity-hi the proliferating network of ties between China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Mondale Crosses the Boundary | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

...fashion." Many of those who tried tennis during the boom times but found it tough to master have moved on to jogging or simpler racquet sports. In fact, some of the nation's 11,000 indoor tennis facilities, which cost about $165,000 a court to build, have converted their underused courts to racquetball. It is a tennis-like game that employs a bigger racquet and a slower ball and, its promoters hope, may be more easily mastered by the nation's millions of would-be Everts and Borgs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Net Loss | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

...long-ball hitter. Though he won Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player honors in 1975, the first man ever to accomplish that in the majors, Lynn had never hit more than 22 home runs until this season. He attributes his increased production to a rigorous body-building program he underwent last winter in an effort to build up his strength and stamina. Says he: "There are no great players who are not strong." The workouts added so much muscle to his 6-ft. 1-in., 190-lb. frame that teammates blinked when he showed up for spring training...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Two Princes for the Throne | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

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