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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...possibly expect to come up with the answer to the Big Bang while we are still troubled with the question of the chicken and the egg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 26, 1979 | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

...however, strongly support Hume's greatness on the ground that the force of his personality definitely affected the age in which he lived. It is not a question of the cart before the horse in either case, merely the old problem of which came first, the chicken or the egg. In any case, there is much to be said on both sides...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Beating the System | 1/19/1979 | See Source »

...their enthusiasm, the personal triumph last week belonged to Teng. For 40 minutes, the diminutive Chinese leader sat perched on a blue silk sofa in Woodcock's living room as guests were served an appropriate, but unsettling, combination of Coca-Cola, Chinese orange soda pop, apple pie and egg rolls. Teng chain-smoked and drank local beer as he listened to Woodcock's plea for more living and working space for U.S. diplomats when the liaison office becomes a full-fledged embassy on March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Tying the Sino-American Knot | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

...MacDonald's, Inc., announces that it will expand its operations into mainland China at the beginning of April. Ray Kroc, the owner of the chain, reveals that in keeping "with the organization's tradition of offering regional specialties," the Chinese outlets will begin serving Egg McRolls and Big Maos...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Problems Here | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

...retirement plus" accounts should spur much-needed saving. And if poorer workers take full advantage of the tax credits, they could wind up with a $200,000 nest egg at retirement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breaking Down the Debate On 'Saving' Social Security | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

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