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Should plans for the space sailer hit a snag, earthlings could still get their first closeup view of Halley's comet in 1986. Another group at J.P.L. is working on the design of a spaceship that would be propelled by an ion engine; a small, continuous amount of thrust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Sailing to Halley's Comet | 3/14/1977 | See Source »

The "Grand Arabesque, First Time" seems lissome, supple, at ease. The "Grand Arabesque, Second Time" appears a bit more tense, but her leg has yet to ascend above the line of the backbone and the pose is held confidently. The culminating pose, however, the "Grand Arabesque, Third Time" (of which...

Author: By Mark T. Whitaker, | Title: Where Classicism Meets the Left Armpit | 3/9/1977 | See Source »

Impatient Carping. In such a situation, he must maneuver. Last week he caused a howl of outrage on Capitol Hill by cutting $289 million for 19 water-control projects from the proposed budget for fiscal 1978. That was bad enough, but Carter staffers failed to reach all the key figures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Skating Deftly But on Thin Ice | 3/7/1977 | See Source »

Callaghan's gamble on slicing through such secondary matters with the guillotine could have proved a deft ploy. Had it passed, the devolution bill, carrying the hopes of important Scottish and Welsh constituencies, would have been hard to turn down. But too many M.P.s of all parties resented the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Labor Runs Afoul Of a Muddy Loch | 3/7/1977 | See Source »

Coach Peter Orscheidt's comments on Yale's maneuver ranged from a docile, "It's just a difference of philosophies in preparing for the Easterns," to calling Yale "a bunch of chickenshits."

Author: By Sandy Cardin, | Title: Aquamen Drub Yale Substitutes, 87-26 | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

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