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Daniel Patrick Moynihan was the most controversial and explosive U.S. ambassador ever appointed to the U.N. During eight stormy months in the post in 1975-76, he bruised so many feelings that a scandalized delegate said his colleagues were in "positive dread of his manners, his language and his abuse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: War of Words | 12/18/1978 | See Source »

The motives are mixed. Some girls invoke principle; one young lady points out that she is "the first Jew ever to set foot in this club, let alone debut in it." Others envision more concrete rewards: "my folks promised me a car for this." "My Great-Aunt Alicia would turn...

Author: By Troy Segal, | Title: Pretty Maids All in a Row | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

Anarchism's basic tenet is that no individual or institution has the right to initiate force against another individual. Since governments have the authority to enact and enforce laws that affect citizens' lives, anarchists call for the abolition of the state, or at least the reduction of the state's...

Author: By Patricia A. Wathen, | Title: The Anarchic Ideal | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

But Tolkien leaves his world open to interpretation. He does not dictate the exact appearance of the Black Riders, or the Balrog; he leaves it to us to envision these horrible things in the depths of our own minds. Likewise, each individual has his own Gandalf, his own Frodo, his...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Ripping-Off the Ring | 11/22/1978 | See Source »

The Shah's ambitious modernizing programs created a new-rich class in Iran; many of these people have left with their money. Now he must make himself credible to millions of Iranians who did not share in the country's petroleum-fueled prosperity. At the moment it is doubtful whether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: The Shah's Fight for Survival | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

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