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Alejandra seems fated to go mad and to kill Fernando, the father whom she has tried to repudiate. With its hints of incest and its portrait of a doomed family hagridden by history, Alejandra's tale is South American gothic at its most feverish. But

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: South American Gothic | 8/17/1981 | See Source »

Despite the urgency, the spraying effort literally had trouble getting off the ground. State officials had to compete with farmers to get their hands on enough aircraft to do the job. When they finally did get helicopters, repeated mechanical failures led some Californians to joke that the choppers were leftovers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Trying to Thwart the Fruit Fly | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

Mount Rainier, a dormant volcano about 55 miles north of Mount St. Helens, is a favorite objective of amateur climbers. But the mountain has claimed the lives of at least 66 climbers since it was first conquered in 1870. Lou Whittaker, one of the organizers of last week's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Death on Two Mountains | 7/6/1981 | See Source »

Much about the use of cocaine by celebrities has been highly publicized, including the arrests. Among them: Linda Blair, cherub-faced star of The Exorcist; Louise Lasser, the ill-fated Mary Hartman; Symphony Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, who plea-bargained down to a disorderly-conduct charge; Rolling Stone Guitarist Keith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Some Close Encounters | 7/6/1981 | See Source »

The reluctance to make one's sexual preference known stood firmly in the way of GSA's political effectiveness. Fear of public exposure even stalled GSA's formation for some time. University rules require that a student organization submit a membership list of at least ten names to be kept...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Gay Rights: The Emergence of a Student Movement | 6/4/1981 | See Source »

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