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That sense of history lay at the heart of Carter's decision to use the presidential presence as a weight to gently force some concessions from both parties. At the Israeli state dinner the President declared, "We love Israel. But we are not jealous of you. We want you to have other friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: A Soothing Touch of Realism | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

...middle. She was obviously interested in Camus, while he confided to a friend that he stayed away from her because he feared she would talk too much in bed. Her caustic treatment of Camus in her memoirs has been ascribed to spite, just as Sartre was patently jealous of the younger man who could attract women even without the exploitation of his intellect and reputation. In fact, Beauvoir wasn't as caustic as all that in her memoirs; one finds tenderness there as well. A legend that circulated at the time had Camus saying to a respectable woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Strangeness of the Stranger | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

...Church's actions are being at tacked as a "power play" by jealous members of his committee. More important the committee makeup has shifted sharply against him: five of its 15 members are new. Even though Church was able to eliminate one Republican seat, he faces far more conservative membership than Sparkman did. Gone are liberal Republican Clifford Case and moderate Republicans Robert Griffin and James Pearson. Instead, Archconservatives S.I. Hayakawa of California, Jesse Helms of North Carolina and Richard Lugar of Indiana are likely to oppose Church strongly, and flamboyantly, on many issues. The committee is split almost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Church and State | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

...Feeling for Father & this cause is a very happy one I can not think of anything that I would or could be happier with. Father is wonderful, clean, straight forward & Supernatural. I play no sexual games to jealous to play sexual games. I am not afraid to die but would like to die for a reason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Anguishing Letters to Dad | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...girl he worshipped from afar in high school. He still loves her; her husband is on a "quick business trip" due to personal problems, and before you can say "abracadabra" the bed sheets start heaving. The only problem is that Fats, who has grown quite talkative, feels a little jealous...

Author: By Troy Segal, | Title: Edgar Bergen Is Still Dead | 11/22/1978 | See Source »

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