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...good side, however, the infant mortality rate has declined for all races, from 47 per 1,000 live births in 1940 to 19.2 in 1971. Also presumably an improvement, although many might dis agree, is the fact that only 9% of U.S. households had television sets in 1950, while 96% had them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN NOTES: Mixed Report on Progress | 2/25/1974 | See Source »

...gesturing with his half-pint of Imperial, harangues the assemblage in a woozily dis gusted lecture on black pride, or the lack of it. Infected by his rhythms, the card players and their women begin, raggedly at first, then with a soulful swell, to sing Amazing Grace, coloring the hymn with a chaotic ardor and subtlety that would surely alarm any white missionary. It is not conventional hallelujah; like much of this odd, ritualistic musical, the moment has a certain magnificent energy that leaves one feeling lonely when it is over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Black People's Time | 2/25/1974 | See Source »

...long year of personal ordeal, the pancake makeup did not conceal recently acquired facial lines. He perspired more freely than ever. In a classic slip of the tongue, he read a line about the need to replace "the discredited present welfare program" as the need to replace the "dis credited President," then corrected himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CRISIS: The President Performs Under Pressure | 2/11/1974 | See Source »

P.C.C.'s scorched-earth policy has left few visible reminders of the facto ry's 17 years in Tyler. But the scars from the plant's presence will not soon dis appear. While producing insulation for the boilers and pipes of naval ships, workers in the plant were exposed to enormous quantities of asbestos dust, which, once inhaled, never leaves the lungs. Now, based on previous experience with asbestos-caused diseases, medical experts estimate that as many as 300 of the 869 employed at the plant since 1954 will die of asbestosis (a permanent and often progressive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Death from Dust | 1/28/1974 | See Source »

...neighbor and howl with a mad mock raspy relief, as if coming down off some wild nightmare ride of your midnight hour. There isn't a quiet minute of the movie. You hear waves of "Jeesus, man, I can't believe that action. I mean can you dig that dis-gusting motherfucker...

Author: By Emily Fisher, | Title: Screaming Yellow Zombies | 1/25/1974 | See Source »

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