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Apparently worried that Fly might die, the Tupamaros seized an Uruguayan cardiologist and ordered him to examine their captive. Then, abandoning their demands for $1,000,000 in ransom, they released Fly. Still in Tupamaros' hands is British Ambassador Geoffrey Jackson, who also has a coronary condition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRORISM: Ransoms for Revolution | 3/15/1971 | See Source »

...expected, the lunar rock showed no indication of any life or concentrations of organic compounds. "This is the cleanest stuff you can find anywhere," commented the University of Bristol's Geoffrey Eglinton, one of 79 foreign participants at the conference. Nor did anyone find any trace of water-past or present; this prompted one scientist to comment that the moon was a million times as dry as the Gobi Desert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Changing the Lunar Image | 1/25/1971 | See Source »

...machine gun, four cars blocked the route of a black Daimler sedan. Out jumped a dozen men, who seized and clubbed two bodyguards and a chauffeur, and drove off triumphantly in the Daimler with their latest captive-and their biggest prey to date: British Ambassador to Uruguay Geoffrey Jackson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: URUGUAY: Machine Gun in the Lettuce | 1/18/1971 | See Source »

...Geoffrey Potter, an A.I.A.A. official, recalls that a few years ago an aerospace engineer "would work with Lockheed on a big contract, be laid off on a Friday when the job was finished, and on the following Monday, North American would pick him up. He may even have already made a commitment months ahead to go with North American as soon as his Lockheed job terminated." The greatest problem of many such men. Potter adds, is to admit to themselves that they must start looking for a job. He knows of Ph.D.s who have not worked for a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Agony of the Overskilled Man | 10/5/1970 | See Source »

...ignored by WWD, you're in trouble," says Designer Anne Klein. Her collections get coverage, but she complains that WWD favors male designers, such as Oscar de La Renta, Adolfo, Bill Blass (though he was snubbed for a time), Geoffrey Beene and Yves St. Laurent. Adds Miss Klein: "If St. Laurent showed barrels with two holes cut out, I guarantee that Women's Wear would brand it the coming look. It would also note that the stays were made of teak, the nails were of the purest brass and the holes were structurally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Out on a Limb with the Midi | 9/14/1970 | See Source »

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