Word: modernes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...moreover, one very special special effect: human flying. In Star Wars, audiences wanted to see space flights and talking robots. In Close Encounters of the Third Kind, they wanted to find out what flying saucers and extraterrestrial beings might look like. In Superman, they will want to see if modern movie technology can make a man fly convincingly. "The film stands or falls on whether the characters appear to fly," says Terence Stamp, who plays the villainous General Zod. "If they do, the picture is a success." By Stamp's definition, at any rate, the movie will...
...abdominal muscles to zoonoses), which gets down to all sorts of nitty-gritty not only about social rituals ("Prince Philip, may I present my laundress Ruth Smith") but also about bedwetting, inverted nipples and nose jobs. Charlotte Ford, Henry II's daughter, has a "book of modern manners" due out in the spring. Probably the best guide to manners in 1978 is The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette, a Guide to Contemporary Living, Revised & Expanded by Letitia Baldrige (Doubleday, 879 pages, plain $10.95; thumb-indexed $11.95). The late Amy Vanderbilt, a distant cousin of the Commodore and a sensibly...
DIED. Margaret Mead, 76, renowned anthropologist, author, and critic of cultures both primitive and modern; in New York City (see BEHAVIOR...
Regulatory excess cuts into spending for research and development and for capital investment in new plant and equipment. Corporate cash is spent on devices to clean the air and protect workers rather than on modern machinery that will produce goods more cheaply and efficiently. While that may appear to be an acceptable tradeoff, it leads to fewer jobs for the unemployed and fewer technical discoveries that will benefit the nation. Yale Economist Paul MacAvoy estimates that the shift of investment from productive projects to programs mandated by regulation has cut the growth of the U.S. gross national product...
...Atlanta Coach Leeman Bennett took note. The Falcons' defense set a modern-day N.F.L. record last year for allowing the fewest points scored, but the offense packed the scoring punch of a geriatrics ward. Having nowhere to go but up, Bennett installed a "Big Ben" play -for desperate situations when the clock was running out. With 19 seconds to go against New Orleans last week, Quarterback Steve Bartkowski called Big Ben. Three receivers rushed downfield, dogged by a battalion of defensive backs. Bartkowski lofted the ball, and what looked like four dozen arms groped for it. Atlanta...