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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While there was no panic, thousands of residents left the endangered area of their own volition. In the countryside near the disabled plant, once complacent families were now both worried and angry. "You hear one thing from the utility," protested Suzanne Machita, as she began packing a suitcase. "Then one thing from the Government, another thing from Harrisburg and something else from civil defense. I don't know what to believe, what to do, so I guess the best thing is to go It's better than doing nothing." She said she had often argued with her husband Harry when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Nuclear Nightmare | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...didn't choose a deaf actress for the part--some in California picketed the show's opening. But Irving plays the part the way it should be played. It's hard to imagine anyone doing a better job of making the audience realize that deaf people do everything, except hear, about as well as the rest of the race. "Handicapped people are usually depicted as virginal, innocent," Irving says. "We decided to make Rosemarie an aware woman, a sexual woman...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: One Sings, The Other Doesn't | 4/5/1979 | See Source »

...ingenious doorbell that turns lights on and off, Voices is a lot like a National Geographic special on the world of the deaf. Find out how deaf people talk, what their schools are like, and most importantly, some of the frustrations that come from not being able to hear. Rosemarie tries out for a dance company in a scene that is realistically scary...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: One Sings, The Other Doesn't | 4/5/1979 | See Source »

...problem that will be solved only when musicians can hear more Western ensembles and study with teachers trained in a different idiom. For now, China's artistic world is celebrating the fall of the Gang of Four. Pipa Player Liu has a lively repertoire again; during the cultural crackdown, he played in the Peking Philharmonic, which could perform exactly nine works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: On a Wing and a Scissors | 4/2/1979 | See Source »

Cambridge adopted rent control in 1970 to counter what councilor Alfred E. Vellucci called "skyrocketing rents." Fraiman told councilors at a special city council meeting Tuesday night that the emergency that led to adoption of rent control has ended. "If you don't hear our cry, you do so at your own peril," he told the councilors, who must seek re-election this fall...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Groups Push Bills To End Rent Control | 4/2/1979 | See Source »

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