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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Commanding the finest star cruiser around, Captain James Tiberius Kirk (William Shatner, serial number SC 937-0176) spread Truth, Justice and The American Way through the galaxy. A native of Iowa, the good captain spent most of his time on the bridge of the Enterprise, barking orders, gazing in awe at some celestial wonder, outwitting foes, and saving the universe at least once every few months. He loved power, women, and most of all, his ship...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: Cheap Trek? | 12/14/1979 | See Source »

...Malibu Ken ("real peek-a-boo tan and real tan line"--$5) are prepared to hit the surf. Superstar Barbie ("arms that pose like the modesl do"--$9) and Superstar Ken are dressed for opening night in Vegas. They can travel there in the Star Traveler ("ultra-deluxe scenic cruiser--$32) or on their star cycles ("the racey little scooter with super star appeal...

Author: By Lizzie Leiman, | Title: Barbie Comes of Age | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

While the Minsk was cruising off Japan last summer, Japanese photographer Mitsuo Shibata, flying in a rented plane, spotted Moscow's newest carrier and took this revealing set of aerial pictures near Miyako Island in the Ryukyus. With the Minsk he found the Petropavlovsk, a Soviet cruiser that carries a new type of missile apparently designed to shoot down cruise missiles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Now the Minsk | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...that could be definitely identified was work on a wharf and on some new barracks. In itself this was not unusual. What made it of more than passing significance was another piece of intelligence: a flotilla of Soviet ships was heading toward Cuba; a submarine tender, a guided-missile cruiser, a guided-missile destroyer, an ocean-going salvage tug, a heavy salvage ship, a merchant tanker and an amphibious landing ship carrying two 80-ft. barges. The tender and the barges were of a type normally used for servicing nuclear submarines. The composition of this task force was so unprecedented...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: CRUDE TRICKS AT CIENFUEGOS | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...Gildo Di Nunzio is on hand to help Pavarotti learn his new role in La Gioconda. Beyond the big French doors the sea glistens invitingly, and the opera houses of the world seem far away. Yes, work must be done; but first, perhaps, a spin in the cabin cruiser? A workman arrives to fix the pool; he must be invited in for a glass of wine. The three Pavarotti daughters wander through, or his wife Adua settles in a corner; an interlude of familial chatting and joking is irresistible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Privacy, Pavarotti Style | 9/24/1979 | See Source »

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