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The imbroglio began with Kissinger's journey to Saigon. He managed to obtain Thieu's reluctant agreement to a cease-fire after four days of "heated" talks. But the tough-minded South Vietnamese President dug in against the proposal for a three-part council composed of Communists, Thieu loyalists and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: The Shape of Peace | 11/6/1972 | See Source »

Rafelson and Scenarist Brackman understand their two played-out heroes without ever condescending to them, although both writer and director are often guilty of using the same kind of tin-ear dialogue and trite image that David himself might employ in one of his tortuous monologues. One of Rafelson'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Winter Dreams | 10/30/1972 | See Source »

Anne Roiphe's last novel was Up the Sandbox, a blithe and cunning satire on the fine art of daydreaming, young-housewife division. Her new book is about a drive from Manhattan to Mexico by 35-year-old Emily Brimberg Johnson, a bitter woman in the process of divorcing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fall Collection | 10/23/1972 | See Source »

Jencks is also a believers in the "so-what theory of genetic superiority, first popularized by Noam Chomsky. That is, he believes the whole argument about which race is more "intelligent" is a useless and inconsequential debate. "The importance of genetic differences between races is political rather than scientific. As...

Author: By Henry W. Mcgee iii, | Title: 'To Get a Good Job, Get'...Uh | 9/18/1972 | See Source »

The "new" Nixon is just the old Nixon but with more cunning.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 11, 1972 | 9/11/1972 | See Source »

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