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...easy and cheering as rolling into bed of an evening. For a slightly older pair (Catherine Cox and Martin Vidnovic), it is an anguish; their scientifically orchestrated struggle to conceive is a humiliation to him and a vast inconvenience to her romantic impulses. For the oldest twosome (Beth Fowler and James Congdon), who already have three grown children, it is a bestartlement; they had no idea that weekend at the Plaza would put such a stimulating glow into their sunset years. It is the virtue of Sybille Pearson's book that the principals never become archetypes, thanks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Mothers and Fathers Doing Well | 12/19/1983 | See Source »

...Fowler should watch television more than one hour a week. If he did, he would not want to abolish the 16 min.-per-hr. limit on commercials. Without that maximum, it would be, "We interrupt these commercials to bring you entertainment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 12, 1983 | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 12, 1983 | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

Leave it to Ronald Reagan to appoint Mark Fowler chairman of the FCC [Nov. 21]. With his goal of stripping away regulations and safeguards, Fowler typifies the Reagan Administration's mercenary sensibilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 12, 1983 | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

...Fowler's statement that "television is just... a toaster with pictures" betrays a frightening ignorance of TV's power to coerce and manipulate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 12, 1983 | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

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