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Hirschfeld is definitely a self-starter. He has no tangible support, no campaign organization, no issues, but plenty of gall and, more important, lots of money, which he earned from building parking garages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Scar Tissue All Over the Place' | 9/13/1976 | See Source »

...long queues. It can take up to two months to get an appointment to see a doctor, and such visits average about ten minutes. Referral to a specialist often takes two years, and the wait for elective surgery (like the removal of a troublesome but not too dangerous gall bladder) can take five years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWEDEN: Something Souring in Utopia | 7/19/1976 | See Source »

...saying he has too much gall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: A Shoestring Man Seeks Legitimacy | 6/7/1976 | See Source »

...fall, claiming failing health, she took a leave to retreat to the hills of Córdoba to regain her strength. Many Argentines felt-and hoped-that she would resign. Yet 32 days later she returned to the capital, only to be hospitalized within a few weeks for a gall bladder attack that seemed more political than physical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: The Generals Call A Clockwork Coup | 4/5/1976 | See Source »

...scented with everything from pizza to burnt rubber. Microscopic capsules containing the odoriferous oils are embedded in the fabric; by scratching the shirt, the wearer breaks the capsules and releases the fragrance. In the past 18 months, the Miami-based company run by the King of the Smellies, James Gall, 29, has sold or supplied the fragrance for a whopping 4 million shirts reeking with more than a hundred smells. Researchers at his company, Smell It Like It Is, Inc., have had the Gall to perfect such odors as cod-liver oil, dill pickles and lamb chops. But Gall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The T Shirt: A Startling Evolution | 3/1/1976 | See Source »

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