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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...such as housing and car allowances and health insurance. He sees rising property taxes as a constant menace to old people trying to cling to the comfort-and memories -of their homes. Goodwin pays $1,500 taxes a year on his house and half-acre lot, which he bought 17 years ago for $22,500. "The city is spending thousands of dollars on conservation lands because it doesn't want Lexington to change," he says, "but it is forcing the elderly out of town with high taxes. The town is spending $15 million on kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Pains and Pleasures of Being Thrown Out at 65 | 10/10/1977 | See Source »

...they poured into Khiyam-and the bombardment reached a thousand rounds a day -the Israelis could not dislodge the defenders. At the height of the action, 200 Israelis faced about the same number of Palestinians. Both sides fought bravely, but on that battleground the Israelis would have needed a lot more soldiers than they had to dislodge the Palestinians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LEBANON: An Edgy Cease-Fire | 10/10/1977 | See Source »

...watched as other passengers filled all of the 345 seats. There were a lot of young people from everywhere-Colorado, Illinois, Tennessee, Georgia, Brazil, Canada. For the most part, they were budget-minded but not poor. Said Bill Wedun, 26, the son of a Boulder, Colo., dentist: "I heard Freddie's trip was the cheapest way to get to London. The first half of your life you generally have more time than money, and the last half more money than time. I plan to spend both accordingly." A cockney with three sons declared, "All I want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: To London for 4 | 10/10/1977 | See Source »

Tricks of the trademark-and the Battle of Bully Hill What's in a name? A lot of litigation, that's what. After a round of fisticuffs in New York federal court, the makers of Hawaiian Punch have just been walloped with a decision allowing a rival to market a similarly packaged tropical drink called Punch 'n Fruity. In Los Angeles, the Avis Rent A Car System, now owned by Norton Simon Inc., is wrangling with the auto firm's founder, Warren Avis, over whether he can use the Avis name to start a worldwide send...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Protecting a Good Name | 10/10/1977 | See Source »

...lot happened on the financial front this week. First, almost 300 alumni gathered last weekend under a tent at Eliot House, where they drank to their own success as fundraisers for the Harvard College Fund...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the Fiscal Front | 10/8/1977 | See Source »

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