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...almost sympathize with Gaddafi in his nationalistic fervor and his so far unobtainable goals, but never, of course, with his support of the terrorists and his fanatical zeal for a holy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 30, 1973 | 4/30/1973 | See Source »

...fitting that Janov wrote his first book in 1970, when the fervor for ill-conceived psychological non-insights was already dying down. Bookshelves may one day be less crowded with self-indulgent speculation on psychology. But whether or not Janov turns out to be a major figure in the field, he is no doubt far down the right track...

Author: By Peter M. Shane, | Title: Primal Revolution in a Void | 3/27/1973 | See Source »

...underwater pipeline to shoreline facilities. Supertankers simply tie up to the buoy and pump oil into the pipeline while swinging with the tides and currents. Trouble is, oil is often spilled in the process and eventually washes ashore. For this reason the Japanese, with their new-found ecological fervor, are now shifting to an alternative: "sea islands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: And Now, Superports | 3/12/1973 | See Source »

...success, a group of men who claim to be the "cream of the crop" of San Francisco bachelors have banded together to attract good-looking lunch dates. They call their organization the Tuesday Downtown Operators and Observers, and they pursue their goals and girls with such single-minded fervor that the club has become something of a city institution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Lunchtime Lotharios | 3/12/1973 | See Source »

...bared until they look like a couple of upended harmonicas-he seems less gifted in music than m hog calling. Like A Face in the Crowd, Payday tries hard to be about the spiritual bankruptcy of American life, but Director Daryl Duke emulates only the hysteria, not the theatrical fervor, of the 1957 Kazan film. The wretched photography uses a style known as "television light," meaning that the frame is burned with bright light so that everything will show up clearly on the home screen. In a theater, where the image is much larger, such a misconceived technique makes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Quick Cuts | 3/12/1973 | See Source »

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