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...what worries Ugandans more than economic chaos is the post-midnight knock on the door or the tap on the shoulder in broad daylight. It can come from any of three organizations, and it is hard to say which one is the worst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UGANDA: Amin:The Wild Man of Africa | 3/7/1977 | See Source »

...politicians. And the President planned to get over to the National Theater later to watch James Whitmore in Bully!, a roaring portrayal of Teddy Roosevelt. It might help when he gets there if Carter recalls that sometimes, when the sun was up and his juices were flowing, Roosevelt would knock off work at noon and take his family for a picnic down along the Potomac River. It might not be quite as good as a tax cut, but the therapeutic value to the national soul has been underestimated since about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: A White House Workaholic? | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

Safe Targets. For better or for worse, this is a fairy tale, not a cutting satire. Neither the bullets nor the issues are real. Dick and Jane pick only safe targets; they knock over a telephone company office and win a round of applause from the queue of bill payers. Briskly propelled by Director Kotcheff (The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz), they skim through their adventures as innocently as a pair of prankish collegians. The only laws they are unable to flout are the iron laws of comic contrivance. They must, it seems, receive an implausible invitation to a party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Downward Mobility | 2/7/1977 | See Source »

...Gilmore insisted on Marciano, then added that he was starting a bank account for her and putting in $500. He also bought her a ten-speed bike. And a book on Muhammad Ali. "I will always love you honey. You're a beautiful wonderful little girl ... Knock 'em all out. For me. Hugs and kisses, xxoooxxxo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: The Idyll of Gary and Amber Jim | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

...handsome Brock, heir to a candy making fortune, is a good nuts-and-bolts organizer who is conservative enough for Reagan's people though he backed Ford for the presidency last year. He has opposed foreign aid and handgun licensing, but did vote with the liberals against no-knock legislation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: Everyone's Second Choice | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

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