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Gould's theory stirred an instant uproar. Says American Paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson, a friend of Teilhard's: "I don't think it was in his character." J.S. Werner, who with Oakley helped expose the forgery, doubts that Teilhard would have risked his burgeoning scientific career with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Holy Hoaxer? | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

...diminished. Says Marty: "When you can't talk to God, you've got to tell a million people." That insight parallels one offered by Sociology Professor Todd Gitlin of the University of California at Berkeley: "The public has become the new priesthood of the confessional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Bull Market in Personal Secrets | 7/14/1980 | See Source »

BUT who can blame Horwitz for a misinterpretation, or Cornuelle for a partially satisfying production when the nature of Beckett's play is so ambiguous? Everything and nothing makes sense. His characters are not only waiting for Godot, they are waiting for waiting, preoccupied with the lack of activity. Estragon...

Author: By James L. Cott, | Title: L' Absurdite, C'est Moi | 5/1/1980 | See Source »

The militants did put one hostage in front of a TV camera to make a bizarre, prolonged "confession." Army Staff Sergeant Joseph Subic Jr. thanked the militants for being "more our servants than our captors... They give us magazines, cards and good food. They even do our washing." Then he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Finally, Fire in His Eye | 4/21/1980 | See Source »

The trial, which is expected to end this week, revealed the unsavory police methods that have been used on the island. For example, Huang told how interrogators had extracted a false confession from him by keeping him awake for 50 to 60 hours at a stretch. Whether Huang and his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAIWAN: Fair Trial | 3/31/1980 | See Source »

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