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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Long before oil started to become as costly as gin, before the quest for "alternate energy sources" became the moral equivalent of war and before he started writing this week's cover story on "The Cooling of America," TIME Contributor Jack Skow bought his first woodburning stove. A city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 24, 1979 | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

The gospel of wood power has yet to reach suburban Weston, Conn., 170 miles closer to the equator. But one resident, TIME Associate Editor Christopher Byron, is an ardent stoveowning votary. Byron, whose guide to new heat-saving gadgets accompanies Skew's story, has two wood stoves in his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 24, 1979 | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

Reporter-Researcher Sara Medina, who helped report the cover story, and Nancy Griffin, who wrote the section on cold-weather fashions, wage their battles to keep warm in New York City apartments. "Undershirts are the answer," advises Griffin. Medina has found a radical solution to the high cost of fuel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 24, 1979 | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

The U.S. has turned up its share of religious fanatics, but has yet to deliver a despot or dictator. It seems that Iran has the knack of delivering both. Certainly, no nation is perfect, though I can't think of any nation that tries harder than the U.S. to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 24, 1979 | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

Your article on teaching children about death [Dec. 3] brought back some memories of a class I recently had in high school. We visited graveyards and funeral homes. We also wrote our feelings about death. At the time we thought it trivial and a bit morbid. But this past summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 24, 1979 | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

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