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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wanted equal rights for Jews, a separate peace with Germany in World War I and the redistribution of land to the peasants." Some historians will doubtless question Amalrik's contentions that the legendary monk was really as good as all that. Still, in the words of the Boney M. song that is sweeping Russia, Rasputin was obviously "a cat that was really gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOVIET UNION: Rasputin Is In | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

...were making plain that Carter, and the nation, will have to wait. Said Louisiana's canny Russell Long, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which must approve the tax: "I wouldn't bet on there being $141 billion to support Carter's whole program. I'm not going to force anything through the committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Costly, Complex | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

...call or letter about his schoolwork from any of Gary's teachers, see things differently. Says his father: "If he's slow in learning, then I think you should hold him back. Even my little ones-if I don't discipline them early, then I'm going to have problems later. Have they ever asked themselves how a teacher could give a student a passing grade for each of the years he went to school, and then he gets to the eleventh grade and they tell him he's functionally illiterate because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Tests on Trial in Florida | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

...present, Judge Carr's postponement comes as a great relief to students like Gary Berrien, caught in an awkward transitional period. In Tampa, after the decision was announced, Ezell Berrien, who testified in the case, said: "We're very happy about the ruling. I'm not against testing. I just think it should be done fairly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Tests on Trial in Florida | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

...that the Youth Symphony, raising funds for appearances in Europe later this year, recognized that Walton on the podium is as crowd-pleasing as Walton in the key. The novice conductor appeared to be relieved when he laid down his baton. Said he of his youthful musicians: "I'm glad they knew what they were doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 30, 1979 | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

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