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...Eighteen-year-old Estey, who has been competing for five of his 13 years as a skater, earned his place in the nationals by winning two lower championships...

Author: By Nancy A. Tentindo, | Title: Freshmen Estey Skates His Way To The National Championship | 1/27/1978 | See Source »

Pomme (Isabelle Huppert) is an eighteen-year-old attendant in a Parisian beauty salon, yet she doesn't like to wear make-up. Her best friend is Marilyn, an older woman who is frantically trying to preserve her attractive looks in search of wealthy men. Marilyn is drawn to Pomme because she envies Pomme's innocence; although Marilyn herself dresses elaborately, she gives Pomme a plain green sweater for her birthday...

Author: By Tim Noah, | Title: An Ode to Innocence | 11/18/1977 | See Source »

...four, young Loret was placed in an orphanage; eventually he was adopted by a well-to-do French family. Eighteen years later, when Hitler overran France in 1940, he ordered the Gestapo to find mother and son, who had independently made their ways to Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HISTORICAL NOTE: Son of Hitler? | 11/14/1977 | See Source »

...Eighteen newly elected mayors from around the country will meet here on Thursday, November 17 to participate in the five-day Seminar on Transition and Leadership, sponsored by the Institute of Politics and the United States Conference of Mayors...

Author: By Alexandra D. Korry, | Title: Institute Sponsors Mayoral Program | 11/11/1977 | See Source »

When pushed, the bar is capable of substantial reform. Eighteen lawyers were disbarred or disciplined in the Watergate scandal, and D.C. Bar Disciplinary Counsel Fred Grabowsky now says: "Watergate may have been the best thing that ever happened to us." Prodded by Supreme Court decisions, the bar has belatedly begun backing group prepaid legal-service plans, Blue Shield-style arrangements that bring legal aid to middle-income citizens for a flat fee (the United Auto Workers, for instance, has installed such a system for its Chrysler workers). With some exceptions, bar groups have also pushed for expansion of Government legal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: At 100, the Bar Confronts Reform | 8/8/1977 | See Source »

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