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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Strange, I thought feminism had done a lot more for me as a person than enabling me to be regarded as a sex object after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 15, 1978 | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

When Jimmy Carter first became President, he talked a lot about decentralizing the "imperial presidency" and relying on "Cabinet Government." He gave his new Cabinet members considerable latitude in picking their own aides and working out their own policies. But the experiment also produced damaging public disputes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Curbing Cabinet Government | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

...supposes that these excerpts could have been a lot worse, that Nixon could have distorted the facts, slandered his opponents, exalted his role. Maybe it is beneficial that he is so deliberately terse, giving us what he concludes are "just the facts, ma'am." He seems to believe that in time the import of the major accomplishments and crises of his presidency will become fully realized, and the personal feelings he aroused and felt will dwindle. If he is right, his book will be a basic text. But it will not help the historian conjure...

Author: By Kerry Konrad, | Title: Talking Head: '74 | 5/11/1978 | See Source »

...quiet. We're low-profile, but we're infiltrating in our own way to get a lot of people interested in the teaching process," Whitla says...

Author: By Amy B. Mcintosh, | Title: Teaching Harvard Instructors How To Teach | 5/11/1978 | See Source »

...forgive a lot. Stallone, perfect as Rocky, here turns in an unconvincing performance at best. No midgets were assigned to play opposite him this time around, and he comes up looking awfully short; both Peter Boyle (his corrupt predecessor as F.I.S.T. president) and Brian Dennehy (the non-union employer whom Rocky arm-twists into embracing the concept of trade unionism) look as though they could throw Stallone right through the nearest window. Instead, we are led to believe that Stallone's rise to power in the union is somehow grounded in his unique persuasive rhetorical abilities. One problem, however: like...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: The Rocky Road | 5/11/1978 | See Source »

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