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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prosecution's other key evidence is a photograph of bite marks on Lisa Levy's buttocks. The state's expert witness, Dr. Richard Souviron of Coral Gables, told a seminar of pathologists last fall that Bundy's teeth perfectly fit the impressions found on the victim. But bite-mark testimony has rarely been used as evidence in trials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Case of the Chi Omega Killer | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

...key decision is to be made when Skylab falls to a height of about 90 miles above earth, some twelve hours before estimated reentry. At that point the controllers could use some of the 6,000 remaining pounds of fuel to rotate the craft into various nose-forward, "low drag" positions, in the hope that this would prolong Skylab's life by anywhere from one to five more orbits. By contrast, a second option would be to send the vehicle into an early tumble, which would cut from one to three orbits from its natural, uncontrolled reentry. A third option...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Skylab's Fiery Fall | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

...distribution of millionaires around the country is uneven and sometimes surprising. As might be expected, the largest numbers are in the key business centers-New York (about 51,000), California (33,500) and Illinois (31,100). In terms of density, the millionaire population averages out to 2.36 of every 1,000 people over all the 50 states and territories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Ranks of the Rich Get Richer | 7/9/1979 | See Source »

...breast. Dr. Charles S. Rogers of Bay City, Mich., has taken the theory a step further by performing double mastectomies on women who had no apparent signs of the disease but were judged prone to cancer because of family history, breast tissue characteristics and other clues. The key question: Are women who take this drastic step better off than others who simply wait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Capsules, Jul. 9, 1979 | 7/9/1979 | See Source »

...footnote in the Hutchinson decision also cautioned judges against automatically throwing out libel cases brought by clear-cut public figures. The defendant's state of mind-the key element in actual malice-"does not readily lend itself to summary disposition," wrote Chief Justice Warren Burger. Just two months ago, the high court ruled in Herbert vs. Lando that libel plaintiffs can probe a reporter's state of mind. This may raise questions of fact that only a jury, not a judge, can decide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Private People | 7/9/1979 | See Source »

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