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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Gabon--The flags were out in Port Gentil, too. The President of Gabon, Albert Bongo, and the President of neighboring Cameroun, el-Amidji, were in town to demonstrate Central African unity and boost their egos. It turned out later that the welcome signs--"Vive la cooperacion Africaine"--and the clean streets weren't enough. The presidents were pissed because the clapping hadn't been enthusiastic enough, and Bongo made vague threats about funds to the local authorities...

Author: By Tom Blanton, | Title: The Sun Never Sets on Empire | 5/28/1975 | See Source »

...with the period rooms. Unfortunately, these seven gloomily sumptuous chambers are of little historical interest (they were done in 1959 by a Paris decorator, in a plum-cake version of stockbroker's plush). Lehman's paintings, now that they are public, would have looked better in a clean, airy, comprehensible museum space than in this red velvet warren. No service to art is done by preserving the symbolism of private ownership in a public precinct; in a museum, paintings and sculpture deserve - indeed, demand - to be experienced as unedited messages from the painter to the viewer, rather than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Treasure and Trespasses | 5/26/1975 | See Source »

...this year, Gulf Oil Chairman Bob Dorsey admitted that his company had indeed given $4 million to a political party in another country, which he did not name. A Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee decided to look into the foreign policy implications of Gulfs contribution and pressed Dorsey to come clean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCANDALS: Gulf Comes Clean | 5/26/1975 | See Source »

...remained on the tower as the sole Bulldog victory of the day. But just before the Radcliffe squad departed. Sacks symbolically painted that over also, in addition to hoisting a broom on a Yale flagpole to signify a clean sweep. It was clear to all who was in fact number...

Author: By James E. Mcgrath, | Title: Radcliffe Crews Topple Yale | 5/19/1975 | See Source »

...pitchers with line drives and was hitting a potent .363 last week. Monday, signed by A's Owner Charlie Finley with a much publicized $100,000 bonus ten years ago and traded to Chicago in 1971, is finally playing up to his early promise. The clubhouse jester and clean-up hitter was batting .337. Not far behind at .321 was Manny Trillo, a surprisingly effective second baseman acquired last winter in the trade for Williams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Cubs Come Back | 5/19/1975 | See Source »

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