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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...impact of the rainstorms, but fewer people were endangered. Also hard hit by springtime flooding were parts of Texas, Minnesota and North Dakota. Fortunately, there was little loss of life. Though saddened by the destruction, a Jackson couple were philosophical as they waded up to their waists in the den of their home. "These are just material possessions," said Elsie Defore to her husband. "We still have each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Pearl Proves Costly | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

Then, having moved in with each other, Vera and Joey trill contentedly, "In our little den of iniquity...We've separate bedrooms; one for play and one for show." If one were to look for a central theme of "Pal Joey," a Wagnerian leitmotif, if you will--it would have...

Author: By Mary G. Gotschall, | Title: A Big Hot Mama With Blue Suede Shoes | 4/14/1979 | See Source »

...more to talk about. Among the rumored topics: bribery involving U.S. and other foreign officials and disclosure of Pretoria's role in backing the Biafran rebels during the Nigerian civil war. Two weeks ago, Rhoodie had a rendezvous in Paris with General Hendrik van den Bergh, 64, former head of South Africa's notorious Bureau of State Security (BOSS), and an industrialist named Josias van Zyl, 31, who offered Rhoodie a sales job in one of his companies. What the two men wanted in return was Rhoodie's promise not to say anything further...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Rhoodie's Story | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

...accused of high living and free spending during his years as Pretoria's influence peddler, trying to gain some kind of immunity from prosecution? He is currently wanted in the Transvaal, Prime Minister Botha an nounced last week, on grounds of "fraud and possibly theft." Furthermore, if Van den Bergh was a former superspook, why did he clumsily allow the press to discover the details of the Paris meeting? If he and Van Zyl were acting in their government's behalf, why did South African officials seize their passports soon after they had returned from Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Rhoodie's Story | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

Grendel's Den, a restaurant on Boylston St., has filed suit in Federal District Court against the Cambridge Licensing Commission and the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Commission charging that the state law which allows churches to deny liquor licenses to nearby establishments is unconstitutional...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Grendel's Den Suit Fights Law on Liquor Licensing | 3/15/1979 | See Source »

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