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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...twice as many Democrats (62%) would prefer to see Kennedy as their party's nominee than Carter (24%). Nearly two-thirds of all those surveyed, Republicans as well as Democrats, felt Kennedy was "acceptable," and only one in three felt he was too liberal. While President Carter would lose to Ronald Reagan, according to the poll, and barely beat Connally, Kennedy would swamp either Republican...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Still Looking for a Leader | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

...canned food and bottled water. Like many of her neighbors, she was determined to remain in Tyre, even though there was no electricity or running water and the Israeli raids could begin again at any time. "If we leave," she reasoned, "we will become like the Palestinians. We will lose our homes and our land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Scorching Lebanon | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

...also being used by psychologists to help people lose weight, stop smoking and overcome phobias like the fear of flying. If subliminals were put on TV, explains Becker, they could be directed specifically at such killers as obesity, drugs and bad driving. Says he: "We could eliminate weight problems in one generation, reduce auto Insurance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Secret Voices | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

Chrysler is expected to lose perhaps $700 million this year after a deficit of $204.6 million last year. United Auto Workers leaders, who earlier rejected lacocca's plea for a two-year wage freeze, now concede that they will have to make considerable concessions to Chrysler.* Fortunately, the company's rebate program seems to be off to a strong start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: $1 a Year? | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

...Chrysler's pitch was based on a "worst-case analysis"--a tactic the Pentagon has honed to the finest degree. Few financial observers predicted that Chrysler would actually have to liquidate all its operations simultaneously. Assuming that it did continue to decline, Chrysler would more likely continue to lose its share of the market to GM, albeit at a faster rate than it has for the past decade...

Author: By Celia W. Dugger, | Title: Chrysler Squeezes the Feds | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

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