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As I sensed, and as many Tunisian intellectuals complained, the people seem to be becoming increasingly materialistic. Those who can afford it hold lavish weddings at hotels like the Tunis Hilton, and ride Peugeots and Mercedes. Men with more modest resources practice other forms of conspicuous consumption, like wearing overpriced...

Author: By Ricky Goldstein, | Title: Shedding The Safsari | 3/29/1977 | See Source »

Assigned in February to do a photo story for the French edition of Vogue, a magazine he occasionally works for, Polanski chose for his model the 13-yearold daughter of a San Fernando Valley woman he had known for a year. Although he reportedly assured the mother that the girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Roman Polanski's Tawdry Troubles | 3/28/1977 | See Source »

In a big Mercedes Benz,

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Neo-Nazi Groups: Artifacts of Hate | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

Identical Abduction. Exacerbating the climate of crisis was another shock the same day: Lieut. General Emilio Villaescusa Quilis, 64, head of the special military tribunal that was used in Franco's days to try major political offenders, was kidnaped in broad daylight. The general was grabbed by unidentified gunmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: A New Visit from the Old Demons | 2/7/1977 | See Source »

Each of the Big Three had something special to brag about. GM increased its already top-heavy share of the domestic market to a record 55.8%, from 53.1% in 1975. To get an early start on meeting federal reg-ulatioris that require U.S.-made autos to average 27.5 m.p.g. by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Moving on a Fast Track into 1977 | 1/17/1977 | See Source »

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