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Word: factly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hostile towards authority and the "reward and punishment system" and "fear motivation." I feel very lonely but I am satisfied with the fact that I am over the hill, 29 yrs old. I think the best use of sex at this time is to further the cause of Communism. Most days I wish I would vanish into thin air. Death is something I look forward to. My only objection is being away from people I care about & someone I'll miss, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Anguishing Letters to Dad | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...taken for granted in much of the West. Last week the London-based Amnesty International issued a 176-page report on human rights in China, charging that political prisoners are routinely starved, put in chains and held in solitary confinement. Trials are, said Amnesty, a mere formality-"in fact, meetings to announce the sentence." On this issue, at least, there may be hope for comrades of the Middle Kingdom. Peking's People's Daily has just completed a series of articles arguing that if the Four Modernizations are to be achieved, China needs new commercial, criminal and civil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Peking's Poster Politics | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...saying that there they could "talk about things more easily." That night, said Scott, Thorpe sent him off to bed with a copy of Giovanni's Room, James Baldwin's 1956 novel about homosexual love. Said Scott: "He had said I would like it. It is, in fact, a very beautiful story." An hour later, as Scott told it, Thorpe came to his room in a dressing gown and sat down and talked to him about his troubles. Then, Scott said, Thorpe kissed him and "got into bed with me" and began making love. Scott claimed that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Warts and All | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...just as well that the court chose to duck the Farber case, given the cold shoulder that the Justices have turned toward press claims of special privilege in recent decisions. "When journalists rely on the First Amendment in these cases, they'd better face the fact they're not going to get much help from the Supreme Court," says Columbia Law Professor Benno Schmidt. One reporter who agrees is Farber, who is finishing a book on the case. Says he: "I wasn't surprised. I became accustomed to hearing bad things from the courts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Farber Finis | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...Jenrette, estimates that on average only 80 of the cosmetics sales dollar goes to pay for ingredients. The extra cost of the better ones used in prestige products comes nowhere near accounting for the difference in selling price. The real difference is in fancier packaging, splashier promotion, and the fact that the swankier cosmetics are made in limited quantity for sale through prestige stores, which raises the manufacturing cost per unit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cosmetics: Kiss and Sell | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

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