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...four musicians straggled toward the plane at London's Heathrow Airport last week, it was clear from their appearance that they were not just another Top 40 act. They spat in the air, hurled four-letter words (the mildest was "scum") at the photographers and with malevolent glares set off shivers in their fellow travelers. Said one woman passenger in disbelief: "What are we flying with -a load of animals?" No, just the Sex Pistols living up to their bad-boy reputation as the prophets of British punk rock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Sex Pistols Are Here | 1/16/1978 | See Source »

...mildest opponents are the cultural nationalists who fear homogenization would overtake Puerto Rico as it has other regions of the United States. Completely integrated with the United States, Puerto Rico's culture would dissolve like a drop of Tabasco in a vat of mashed potatoes. Its language, however, would remain a problem. Back when the United States took the Southwest territories from Mexico, they had no qualms and little difficulty in making everyone speak English. But now the country no longer has the moral conviction to demand the assimilation of immigrants. Bilingual education, and for well-organized minorities, bilingual social...

Author: By Dain Borges, | Title: Ford's Puerto Rico Gesture | 1/28/1977 | See Source »

Sudden Death. The primary cause of this breathing failure remains unclear, though sometimes it appears to be linked with obesity. In any case, drowsiness is only the mildest byproduct. The disorder can lead to hypoxia (low blood oxygen), hypertension (high blood pressure), heart disease and in some cases sudden death. Nor is it easily treatable. Conventional sleeping pills can actually worsen the problem by increasing the breathing difficulty. Removing the tonsils and adenoids to make a larger breathing passage seems to work only in children. Shedding weight makes little difference. Jokes the still overweight Siegel: "I've lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Snoring Sickness | 12/27/1976 | See Source »

U.C.L.A. Psychiatrist Robert J. Stoller, author of Perversion: The Erotic Form of Hatred, argues that hostility is the essential dynamic of all pornography. In his eyes, even the mildest porn is tinged with aggressive voyeurism and the sadomasochistic search for a sexual victim. Says he: "Societies fear pornography as they fear sexuality, but perhaps there is a less sick reason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PORNO PLAGUE | 4/5/1976 | See Source »

...point, and it is probably the reason why, of all the great events in American history, the first of them has received the least attention from films and television. The mildest praise you can offer The Adams Chronicles (PBS, Tuesdays, 9 p.m., E.S.T.) is that it is the exception that sorely tries Cohn's law. More important, a sampling of the 13-episode series finally lays to rest the cliche that only the British are capable of producing complex family sagas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Viewpoints: First-Rate First Family | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

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