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...bare feet through the deep shag rug. Jim and Mary Lyn did most of the talking. They talked mainly about the Junior Patrol, to which they had both belonged, and about some of the people on it: Peter Fader, who saved a man's life once, Joe Ward, the hottest skier at Winter Park, and Bob Patterson, the patrol leader before Jim, Jim's best friend on the patrol, and Mary Lyn's lover for a year. Bob is dead now. He died at Colorado General Hospital very early on the morning of June...

Author: By Harry W. Printz, | Title: Tonto and the Ranger Hit the Jackpot at 10,000 Feet, or, Diamond Jim Cleans Out the Moffat Tunnel | 3/11/1978 | See Source »

What has suddenly become the world's hottest war is raging in he Horn of Africa between the Ethiopian army and Somali guerrillas who are backed by their ethnic cousins in the Somali Democratic Republic, and the tide of battle changed dramatically last week. Five months ago, the Somali guerrillas had all but driven Addis Ababa's forces out of the Ogaden desert (see map), an Ethiopian region inhabited largely by Somali nomads. Now Ethiopia has launched a spirited counterattack to regain the Ogaden-and perhaps drastically upset a complex balance of forces throughout the entire region...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HORN OF AFRICA: Ethiopia Goes on the Attack | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

Life begins at 54 for Liza Minnelli and Shirley MacLaine and Farrah Fawcett-Majors and Supermodel Cheryl Tiegs. Oh yes, and for Bianca Jagger and Tennis Star Vitas Gerulaitis and even Bella Abzug. Inside Manhattan's hottest disco, Studio 54, the elite meet to gyrate to the beat, watch the light show, gape and be gaped at. Since the club opened nine months ago, Photographer Adam Scull, son of Art Buff Robert Scull and his estranged wife, Ethel, has been there almost' nightly to snap the customers because, he says, "it's something that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 6, 1978 | 2/6/1978 | See Source »

...picture since the start of the 1978 model-year in September has been mixed, with buyers generally favoring Detroit's smaller offerings. GM's Chevette, introduced in 1975 as a response to soaring gasoline prices and mandated federal fuel economy standards, is now the industry's hottest seller; its sales have doubled in the past three months. Ford's Fairmont, a new '78 compact, and Mercury's Zephyr have replaced the Maverick and Mercury Comet. They have also been standouts, with sales jumping 300% over their predecessors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Softer, but Still No Slump | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

Joey Cornblit is a nice Jewish boy from Miami, and his mother has a complaint. Her son the jai-alai player is the hottest betting commodity in town. Not only is he the first American to equal the Basque masters of the sport, he is, at 22, a reigning champion. Since around $350,000 is wagered each performance in the fronton where Joey holds sway, Mrs. Cornblit, a metalworker's wife, has been besieged by telephone calls: "Did Joey eat his breakfast?" "Did he sleep well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Did Joey Eat? | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

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