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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...China and the U.S. [Because I am] going there this time as one of China's leaders, the exchange of views with President Carter and other leaders will, of course, be of benefit. Particularly at the present time, the world is quite untranquil and we are faced with a lot of problems. Not only during this visit but in the future as well, it will be beneficial to have the leaders of the U.S. and China frequently contact each other and exchange views. As for the significance of normalization between China and the U.S., there has been much talk about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: An Interview with Teng Hsiao-p'ing | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

...Chicago Tribune's weekly television guide, has had enough. "I thought your show was in very bad taste," she says. "I kept wondering, why is it necessary to spit on the windshield? Why so much tobacco juice? Why such high sexual content? The camera seemed to focus a lot on men's behinds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Crankier Critics of the Tube | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

...international real estate offerings. With a large assortment of domestic and foreign listings sporting an average price of more than $4 million, AMREX began to interest the serious, big-money traders, who found the system convenient. Says San Francisco Broker Tom Connelly, 31: "AMREX makes our operation a lot more efficient. We're able to look at 1,000 properties in the same time it used to take us to look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Hot Property | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

...therapy to cure his curious green condition and takes on such prosaic problems as teen-age alcoholism and child abuse. Similarly, TV's Spider-Man battles familiar terrorists and assassins instead of his old intergalactic foes like Doctor Doom. Lee misses the fantasy of the printed page. "A lot of the plots on the Spider-Man show," he complains, "are situations that Kojak could just as easily have handled." Unfortunately, even Lee has yet to invent the hero who can overpower that archvillain called the TV programmer. But if he does, his name will almost certainly be Martini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Marvels of The Mind | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

Seven years later, the Islanders have carved up every other team in hockey and the fans come to root for them. Lately there is a lot to shout about. With slightly less than half of the season to play, the Islanders have the best record in the N.H.L. (32 wins, 6 ties and only 9 losses). The biggest ovations are reserved for the scoring pyrotechnics of the best forward line in the game, Center Bryan Trottier, Right Wing Mike Bossy and Left Wing Clark Gillies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hockey's Power Players | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

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