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Thus the main attempt at Tokyo will be to devise a joint three-pronged strategy to 1) cut consumption in order to reduce imports, 2) spur greater effort in developing alternative energy sources, and 3) form a united purchasing front. If forceful joint action can be decided in all three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Next Summit Is in Tokyo | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

After Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev sign the SALT II treaty next week, it goes before the Senate for a ratification debate that will range over the whole relationship between the world's two superpowers. To help clarify some of the complex issues, TIME last week convened a panel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Preview of the SALT Debate | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

Her gestures were minimal, her expressions were mercurial, delicate yet powerful in their capacity to affect the emotions. If there was, finally, something unsettling about the way she continued to play nymphets until she was well over 30, it was a tribute to her mimetic gifts that she did so...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Golden Girl, Lost Lady | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

So we have not had the expected: the drama of adult caperings viewed by children. Is the author simply novelizing, inventing characters and taking them for a stroll? Not really; by sunset the symbolic Sunday night, when all the characters disperse, Lurie has made a strong and subtle point. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Act Like a Lady | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

Like so many ABC miniseries, from the high-toned Roots right down to the pulpy Pearl, Ike is the state of the art in slick TV production. A lot of smart choices have been made, the brightest of all being the casting of Robert Duvall and Lee Remick as the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Love at War with Ike and Kay | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

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