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These are among the conclusions of the latest TIME Soundings, a quarterly national survey. Begun in May 1974, Soundings consists of political and social indicators that were developed for TIME by Yankelovich, Skelly and White, Inc., the Manhattan-based opinion-research firm. They are based on hundreds of questions. Soundings not only measures shifts in opinion but also monitors the underlying trends that produce sea changes in public attitudes. The results of this installment were based on telephone interviews in the last week in January with a national cross section of 1,002 Americans. Results of this survey have...
...wanted to live heliotropically, with the bedrooms facing east and the cocktail and dining area facing west," complained Millionaire Stewart Mott, 38, describing his hopes to build the perfect Manhattan home. Begun three years ago atop the 54th floor of a new apartment building, the four-story penthouse was to include a solarium kitchen, a library, pool, four bedrooms, office space for up to seven secretaries, a multilevel grand salon and more than 1,500 sq. ft. of terrace for Mott's main passion: organic vegetable gardening. The fastest-growing item at Mott's midtown Xanadu, however...
...names that did not appear in its list of 16,000 people who "demonstrated merit in some form of religious activity." Among those not present: Roman Catholic Bishop Fulton J. Sheen; Unification Church Founder the Rev. Sun Myung Moon; Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum of the American Jewish Committee; and Manhattan Clergyman Norman Vincent Peale, whose "positive thinking" books have sold more than 5 million copies in the U.S. "It was a first-time publication and schedules were tight," explains Who's Who Sales Manager Sandra Barnes. She adds that the editors have already started making amends for the next issue...
Seven Beauties, Wertmuller's cauter izing comedy of survival and desperation during World War II, was greeted with critical bouquets and land-office business at its Manhattan opening. Critic John Simon placed the director in "the highest regions of cinematic art." Not, at least, since Bernardo Bertolucci has a European film maker been so acclaimed...
Columnists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak have blasted him for "fibbing." Manhattan's Village Voice has lambasted him in two pieces, implying that he is, among other things, a closet racist. The New Republic, which liked him in April, decided in January that "up to now, Carter has been unjustifiably considered part of the liberal pack." Politicians, especially, have seized opportunities to undercut Carter: when he recently referred in public to Hubert Humphrey's "record as a loser," Democrats of divergent political plumage leaped to Humphrey's defense. But when Edwin Muskie made a similar comment...