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...since the hot bed days of World War II have hotel rooms been so hard to get. In Las Vegas, tourists and conventioneers are stacked tighter than a deck of cards. In Denver, occupancy rates seem to be climbing faster than the market price of silver. The only way that would-be guests can see the inside of a room at the Beverly Hills Hotel is to buy a $4 ticket to the film California Suite, and the Los Angeles Marriott, a 1,020-room slab within easy earshot of the airport runways, is expected to hit 100% occupancy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Hardly Any Room at the Inn | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

...rejecting substantive reform, the Faculty Council has chosen to preserve the CRR's essentially rigged bias. The committee, descendant of those established in the wake of the 1969 riots that were explicitly designed to control student dissent, retains procedures that stack the deck against any defendant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Abolish CRR | 1/19/1979 | See Source »

Most hunters coming to the Clinton station are hankering for a taste of the venison the day's efforts have brought them. Says a man as he lashes his deer across the rear deck of a Ford sedan and wipes some blood off a fender: "I like the ones I shoot myself even better." But some admit that eating is not a significant factor. "There are cheaper ways of putting food on the table," an elderly man explains as he and a friend unload a pair of deer. "Hunting is one of the few things you can do these...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New Jersey: Venison and Bloody Fenders | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

When the debris settled, all that was left intact was the factory warranty for the contents: a $450 stereo AM-FM receiver and a tape deck console. Now the only mystery is who is Edward Achorn and why did he send Michael and Margaret such a nice Christmas present...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Stereo Boom | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

Mohammed Amini, 33, the son of a Tehran mattress maker, supports his wife and daughter by driving a heavy Mercedes truck. On runs that may take him as far as Turkey or even West Germany, he likes to shove a cassette into the tape deck on his dashboard to listen to his favorite commentator: Ayatullah Khomeini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: A Case of Warring Perceptions | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

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