Word: marsh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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TIME Moscow Bureau Chief Marsh Clark, who last week visited a Siberian field near Surgut, found ranking Soviet oil experts confident but cautious. "If we said all our problems were solved, nobody would believe us, including ourselves," said one official. But the oilmen claimed that they were on the verge of major discoveries in the far north...
...Island, and an icy wind was blowing in from Gardiners Bay. Except for screeching herring gulls and other hungry birds, the only sign of life on this blustery (20° F.) winter morning was a small column of people bundled against the cold and quietly stalking across a frozen marsh. "Hey, there's a blackback!" exclaimed their leader. "And look over there, some goldeneyes." Fighting through thick reeds and tall grass, the bird watchers soon spotted other feathered friends: half a dozen stout-bodied, short-necked diving ducks called white-winged scoters, another type of waterfowl known...
...reading of the first issue of Rolling Stone as it enters its second decade will lay to rest many of the doubts aroused by the anniversary issue. Greil Marcus's sensitive feature on Graham Parker and Dave Marsh's cutting review of a recent Rod Stewart concert prove that Rolling Stone remains an important publication that should be taken seriously, Jann Wenner's megalomania notwithstanding. But judging from the double-barrelled fiasco marking the tenth birthday of his magazine, Wenner would be well-advised to make the next celebration of a Rolling Stone landmark a more private affair...
...women's movement also emerged from Houston with a greater network of sympathizers across the country. Said Nebraska State Legislator Shirley Marsh, a feminist delegate at large from a state where most others were more conservative: "I came home with hundreds of cards, names and addresses from Guam all the way to Maine." Of course, togetherness works both ways. Women who opposed the abortion, ERA and lesbian planks also brought their address books. The conference, said Winkie LeFils, first vice president of the National Council of Catholic Women, "strengthened my communication with other pro-family delegates. I'll be corresponding...
...Union belatedly entered the supersonic sweepstakes by initiating regular Tu-144 flights on a little-traveled run between Moscow and Alma-Ata, an industrial city of 860,000 near the Chinese border. Price of a one-way ticket on the once-a-week flight: $113. TIME Moscow Bureau Chief Marsh Clark was the first Western passenger to step aboard the supersonic transport on its inaugural flight and filed this report...