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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that he is unaware of the subtle traps and deadfalls of racial theory. In fact, he does his usual imitation of a Renaissance man by including mathematical formulas derived from a biochemical blood index. But Koestler's enthusiasm for the idea of a non-Semitic Jewry threatens to drown his own carefully drawn qualifications...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Caucasian Connection | 8/23/1976 | See Source »

These are indeed the literary times that try men's souls. And the end is not yet in sight. For the summer reader and sunshine patriot unwilling to drown in the steady flood of Bicentennial books but still eager to come to grips with his country's past, TIME offers these suggestions, some old, some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Voices of '76 A Readers' Guide to the Revolution | 7/5/1976 | See Source »

...youths from the Unification Church and other cults. Mrs. Jenetta French of Greensboro, N.C., who has "lost" two daughters to Moon, described how Ronda, a former airline stewardess, behaved when Patrick was trying to deprogram her. "She was very childlike. In the car she would sing to drown out what you were saying to her. When Patrick tried to talk to her, she hummed, put her fingers in her ears, hid behind a piece of paper, anything to keep from listening." Eventually Ronda went back to Moon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Darker Side of Sun Moon | 6/14/1976 | See Source »

...might be expected to give Americans pause. But with the recession receding and the 1973 Arab oil embargo a dimming memory, Americans appear to be pausing not at all. The Federal Energy Administration noted last week that gasoline currently is being guzzled at a pace that seems certain to drown all previous records...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Dangerous Curve | 5/24/1976 | See Source »

After a post-tournament awards ceremony, a couple of the losing players headed indoors to drown their sorrows in a beer drinking contest. "Jesus," Parsons said, "I really feel lousy that we lost...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Wiffle Ball: The Game of Spring | 5/21/1976 | See Source »

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