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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reporting reality," says Willwerth. Part of the confusion came from spending a few days with Reynolds. The flashy-flip, skirt-chasing, tire-burning macho hero of Semi-Tough, and a score of other cinematic excursions, proved to be a "semi-shy, urbane homebody." It turns out that the fast cars, wine and women are just an act on screen. Reynolds does drive a Rolls-Royce, but at the speed limit, and is going steady with an actress (Sally Field) long known for playing a flying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 9, 1978 | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

Population. The U.S. population is growing about .7% a year, which is scarcely one-third as fast as the worldwide average. Since 1970, the U.S. fertility rate-number of births per 1,000 women projected over their child-bearing lifetime-has dropped dramatically, from 2,480 to 1,856.6 in 1974. At that rate the U.S. population will rise from its current 217 million to only 262 million by the year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Trivia Treasure | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

...Cooke, senior vice president for sales promotion at Bloomingdale's: "Price was no object." The French-made metal-housed Cuisinart, which slices, dices, chops, minces and shreds faster than conventional individual tools, sells for $225. Yet it and lower-priced competitors (La Machine, Omnichef) flew off shelves so fast that almost no store could seem to keep them in stock. Neiman-Marcus in Houston sold 24 West German-made exercise machines ($2,000) before running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Deck the Halls, Clear the Shelves | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

...safely be left to the management of others. The National Bank of Georgia, he asserts, has intrinsic values, like a location in a prime growth area. Moreover, he sees bright days ahead once various federal investigations are concluded. "It is a turnaround situation that comes very quickly and very fast," says Pharaon. "In fact, we foresee in 1978 that the bank will be very handsomely in the black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Lance's Mysterious Rescuer | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

...trash as fuel is spreading fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Moving to Garbage Power | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

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