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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...American visitor, aghast at such wiggling disrespect, remonstrated to a retired Royal Navy commander. This very model of Britain's Establishment explained: "Our flag's not the Holy Grail; it's only a bit of cloth. In the services, when we've done with it, we put it to polishing boots or brass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 27, 1970 | 7/27/1970 | See Source »

Last week, like Parsifal finally reaching the shrine of the Holy Grail, an English rock quartet known as The Who made it to Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera and sold out the house twice in one day. The fateful occasion, twin performances of their so-called rock opera Tommy, was the first time any kind of pop music had ever been heard at the Met. The historic program had been arranged by Rock Promoters Nathan Weiss and Bill Graham, who made the deal with Met General Manager Rudolf Bing. "Perhaps," said Bing, "some of these young people will come back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: At the Where? | 6/22/1970 | See Source »

...Catherine. I realize I have been a faithless correspondent, my truest friend (as I have been faithless in so many things in life). Hopelessness has compelled me to write. Remember those midnight talks we had in the convent school about the search for that precious grail called love? How I laughed at you when you told me that love was an illusion, and that since I was actually Julie Christie I was never to achieve that mystical communion of souls, far sweeter than any earthly bond. You were wiser than I, cara. Love is a cruel, impudent sorceress who will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Autistic Nonsense | 6/22/1970 | See Source »

Richard Nixon has spoken movingly of the grail of the 1970s: improving the quality of life for all Americans. But his first annual Economic Report and Budget Message are consumed by the immediate challenge of inflation. To achieve the budget surplus that he deems crucial to the fight against rising prices, Nixon has called for an austerity level of federal spending in the fiscal year that begins next July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Nixon's Budget: Thin Slices for New Goals | 2/9/1970 | See Source »

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