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But they are probably wrong. Smith and the white minority of 240,000 who rule over Rhodesia--and over the nearly six million Africans who reside within its boundaries--have beaten the odds for 13 years, and they are doing their darndest to stay in power. True, Rhodesia is closer...

Author: By Brian L. Zimbler, | Title: Rhodesia: Old Smithie Hangs On | 11/18/1978 | See Source »

The confusion continued last week. Even as the President was announcing the program that the financial markets had been waiting to hear, some Administration officials most unwisely expressed hope that dollar-buying intervention on the currency exchanges would be necessary only for six months or so; fortunately, nobody noticed much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Rescue the Dollar | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

Justly irate feminists in Manchester picketed the Star's launch-night reception breakfast and altered some of the paper's promotional posters to read A STAR is PORN. Their protest did not prevent a sellout. Earlier, the Star had hurdled another obstacle: a demand by the Communist Morning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Cheesecakes and Ale in Britain | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

Gynecologist Patrick Steptoe and Physiologist Robert Edwards have basked in acclaim and glory since the July birth of Louise Brown, the world's first test-tube baby. But last week a shadow was cast over the Britons' triumph. Chicago's Barren Foundation, set up to promote fertility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Bum Rap for Dr. Steptoe | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

Alas, checking with interest has arrived amid considerable confusion because two systems are in contention. Under a Federal Reserve Board ruling effective Nov. 1, all member banks can offer so-called preauthorized automatic transfer schemes, or PATS. Depositors keep separate savings and checking accounts and authorize the automatic transfer of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: PATs vs. NOWs | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

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