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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The vision of these projects is all the more appealing in light of the immediate economic gloom. The Commerce Department reported last week that the gross national output of goods and services dropped at a 3.3% annual rate during the second quarter, meaning that the recession has almost certainly begun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Impact of Dozen-Digit Spending | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

Western Australia's Nullarbor (meaning no trees) Plain is an arid, limestone plateau that lies east of the old gold-rush towns of Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie, southeast of Comet Vale and northeast of Grass Patch. It is a barren, almost unpopulated land of sand and saltbush. Out of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Skylab's Spectacular Death | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

"Da." Parents are the crucible of our lives. The coffin never confines them. They stalk our memories, govern almost all of our acts and can never be exorcised, will it as we may. Da, meaning dad, is what this salty Irish play is all about, and in the title role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Summer Fair | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

So when moonshots started boring people and networks no longer felt like covering them in depth, support for space fell faster than Skylab. Nixon, whose obnoxiousness had interrupted the moonwalk, turned around and canned the last three Apollos. The funds for the proposed space station were cut sharply, meaning that...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: How Giant A Leap | 7/20/1979 | See Source »

Muzorewa's failure to develop a reform program has diminished support among his black countrymen. Said a disgruntled black in Salisbury last week: "The bishop is consistently honest in one respect. He hasn't promised anything because he can't deliver anything." The restiveness was reflected in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ZIMBABWE RHODESIA: Power or Pageantry? | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

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