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With its sparkling air, snow-capped mountains and countless whitewashed Buddhist temples, the tiny Himalayan country of Bhutan is probably the world's closest real-life equivalent to James Hilton's Shangri-La. The 1,100,000 Bhutanese, most of whom are illiterate peasants, sense that they live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BHUTAN: The King of Shangri-La | 6/17/1974 | See Source »

Even such able performers as Gene Hackman and Liv Ullmann cannot bring off a rescue effort without a little help from the writer and the director. Writer Norman has contented himself with providing a painfully straightforward story line, to which Director Troell has pinned a number of handsome album shots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: O Pioneer! | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

For the last year, the Front has contented itself with ripostes against incursions and non-stop artillery attacks by Thieu's troops, and protests against Thieu's unwillingness to abide by the 1973 peace agreement and release his approximately 10,000 political prisoners. Now, the Front appears determined to take...

Author: By Jim Blum, | Title: Footprints | 3/23/1974 | See Source »

GETTY: The Arabs are obviously going to get richer. The balance of world wealth is swinging toward the Eastern Hemisphere. I'm not sure, though, that these countries will become happier and more contented places as a result. Money doesn't necessarily have any connection with happiness. Maybe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time: A Pragmatist and a Pioneer | 2/18/1974 | See Source »

Sir / The article ignores the millions of people in this country who have been indoctrinated by television programs and magazine articles to demand useless procedures and excess surgery. A corps of highly ethical and conservative physicians could not begin to satisfy their wants. As I lie down to sleep every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 14, 1974 | 1/14/1974 | See Source »

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