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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...together the world's foremost chain of luxury hotels and became a multiple millionaire and one of the most colorful American businessmen? From New York to Istanbul and from Las Vegas to Addis Ababa, the name of Conrad Nicholson Hilton was synonymous with hotel, as in "I'm staying at the Hilton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: His Name Meant Hotel | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

...roll by. We've gone through all the aches and pains of being in a hit series without being compensated for it." Where is all the TV syndication money going? Don't ask Roddenberry, who nearly went broke. "As of my last statement," he says, "I'm told that Star Trek has yet to make a profit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: New Treat for Trekkies | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

...unlikely and an utterly plausible account of an unbelievable obsession. In classical mythology, Daedalus made wings for a practical reason, so that he and his son could escape the labyrinth. Birdy, it turns out, has built wings too, but craved much more. In his cage, he remembers: "I'm also finding it isn't so much the flying I want, not as a boy flapping heavy wings; I want to be a bird...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Flights of Fact and Fancy | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

...have never lied to the birds. It is time to leave. He says he knows how to go, that it is a long flight and some will die, but he is going, so is Birdie, and they are leaving in the early morning. I listen and I'm sad. The birds are excited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Flights of Fact and Fancy | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

...dawn, all are ready; we go up in a single movement. Alfonso is at the head of the flock. We fly straight south, over the top of the gas tank, over Lansdowne, down over Chester and I am with them. I'm wondering what is happening with my life. Will I ever wake up in my own bed again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Flights of Fact and Fancy | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

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