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Then again, the living characters seem hardly worthy of the honor. Louisa Hufstader's medieval matron is suitably doughty and prim, and Dan Jacobs as the chaplain manages to draw some laughs via his doddering devotion to his viol. But Win Hoover, in a pivotal role as the elder of...

Author: By Cheryl R. Devall, | Title: Air, Water, But Alas, No Fire | 12/6/1978 | See Source »

The book, which described the easygoing, neurosis-free island way of life and suggested that the Western attitude toward sex could be relaxed without endorsing promiscuity, was an instant success. Many of the young researcher's colleagues condemned her way of reaching conclusions from observed evidence, which Mead called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Margaret Mead: 1901-1978 | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

After his win, the easygoing Thompson promised more of the same solid, if unspectacular, leadership during his second term that he provided during his first two years in office. He brushed aside inevitable speculation about a possible presidential candidacy in 1980. Said he: "Before anybody runs for President, he'd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Toss-'Em-Out Temper | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

Thad Cochran, 40, the first Republican Senator from Mississippi since 1881, is as rigidly conservative as his Democratic predecessor, six-term Senator James Eastland. In three terms as a Congressman, Cochran ran up a 95% voting approval rating from the American Conservative Union and a zero approval rating from the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: New Faces in the Senate | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

The military life is not an easy one, and women are encountering many of the same problems that have traditionally confronted men. Explains Brigadier General Mary Clarke, commander of the Army's Fort McClellan: "Both the women and the men come from an easygoing civilian life into a regimented...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Women May Yet Save The Army | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

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