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Latin American diplomats hardly know what to make of it all. Should they just lay on the customary round of frozen-smile receptions, exquisitely gallant introductions to dignitaries, and hurried side trips to orphanages? Or should they treat the First Lady of the U.S. as a full-fledged spokeswoman for her husband's foreign policies?which they sometimes find puzzling? "I really can't think of her talking substance," remarked one Latin American ambassador last week as Rosalynn Carter finished boning up for a two-week, 12,000-mile swing through seven countries. If Mrs. Carter does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: La Se | 6/6/1977 | See Source »

...wait! Darth Vader has escaped, cloaked in evil and eager for revenge, and the Galactic Empire still holds, in chains 1,000 solar systems. What hope have our gallant adventurers against forces so vast and so dark? Another richly imagined universe of hope, obviously, and Lucas is already planning to bring them back in the sequel to Star Wars. This cannot be The End but is To Be Continued...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: STAR WARS The Year's Best Movie | 5/30/1977 | See Source »

...they all can't be like that. In the second game Crimson pitching walked nine batters and a gallant come-from-behind victory was foiled as Yale took...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Batsmen Split Yale Twinbill | 5/13/1977 | See Source »

...they fly it smack into the ocean. The thing sinks but does not flood, thanks to some watertight compartments Stewart has thoughtfully provided for his artwork. Everyone behaves predictably. Pilot Jack Lemmon is valiant and resourceful, older character people like Olivia de Havilland and Joseph Gotten are stoic and gallant, while the hysteric (Lee Grant) is hysterical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Misnomer | 5/2/1977 | See Source »

...Point, Manhattan's Phoenix Theater has taken a gallant gamble on a playwright who extracts the dagger of pain from his own chest and plunges it into the playgoer's heart. T.E.K...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Dagger of Pain | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

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