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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time in offering personal tips on how to warm yourself up. In the Nation section, Robert Goldstein recommended the "Canadian Two-Step," a lively, though inexplicable, jig that he learned while writing in frigid Montreal. For some reason, more people seemed interested in the antidote offered by World Writer Burton Pines, who recalled how he survived a chilly reporting assignment on the midwinter Baltic Sea: "I found that hot, spicy red cabbage combined with lots of vodka will create a furnace in the stomach that will last for hours. Alas, we cannot in good conscience recommend this potion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 31, 1977 | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

Taylor, who starred with Rex Harrison and Richard Burton in the 1963 screen version that cost $41 million but brought in considerably less at the box office. While the two Cleos were seated together at an Inaugural dinner party last week, Taylor took a fork and outlined the Egyptian's eyes on the tablecloth. "I've since tried her tricks," says Ashley. "And they work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 31, 1977 | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

...point out that estimating replacement costs is a highly subjective business. A machine might be obsolete and thus hard to price. Its replacement, because of unproved technology, could even cost less. "The numbers just don't mean anything," warns International Business Machines Economist David Grove. But John C. Burton, who pushed through the new rules as chief accountant at the SEC (he is now New York's deputy mayor for finance), disagrees: "It's time that financial types developed a greater tolerance for imprecision, because that's the way the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ACCOUNTING: Balance-Sheet Battle | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

...torturous rise from slavery in America. Unglamorized and at times disturbingly stark, Roots features Cicely Tyson as Kinte's mother, Maya Angelou as his grandmother, John Amos as Kinte in middle age, and Ben Vereen as his grandson. Kinte as a teenager will be portrayed by LeVar Burton, 19, a U.S.C. sophomore and acting novice. To give the somber story line additional star power, such big names as Lorne Greene, Lloyd Bridges, Chuck Connors, O.J. Simpson, Leslie Uggams and Doug McClure will appear in small roles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Banking on a Novel Approach | 1/10/1977 | See Source »

...outraged," protested Nicol Burton of the National Organization for Women. "The Supreme Court has legalized sex discrimination," agreed Susan Ross of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation. The court's decision does not rule out new legislation on the issue, however, and feminist leaders now plan to lobby for action from Congress. A number of them added another observation-that the Supreme Court could use a good woman on the bench...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: No Pay for Pregnancy | 12/20/1976 | See Source »

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