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The decision, welcomed by both commercial and private aviation circles, capped a controversy over appropriate anticollision gear. The device that passed the old Marine's personal muster is a bureaucratic mouthful: Threat Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS, for short). But there is nothing complex about its goal: to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Safety Bubbles in the Sky | 7/6/1981 | See Source »

There are a few less happy sequences, especially one involving Pepe le Pew, the amorous French-accented skunk, and it may be a mistake to use Bugs as a host-narrator. His specialty was one-liners, and a mouthful of words ill suits his style. But why quibble? Jones was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Magnificent Obsessives | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

Of still more concern are Jordan's personal characteristics and work habits. He has attracted a good deal of attention for a series of social faux pas, including an alleged dinner party remark about "always wanting to see the pyramids" while staring down the low-cut dress of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Here Comes Mr. Jordan | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

Leaving my pack in a hotel, I headed for the Bright Angel Trail, ignoring all warnings about being prepared for the hike down into the Canyon. The signs that said "WARNING--Take four quarts of water with you or DIE!" were meant for those fat Iowans in Winnebagoes, not for...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Riding a Greyhound In Search of America | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

Tracy Austin's pigtails were disheveled as she rushed from the locker room to the telephone. "Tracy, this is Jimmy Carter," said the voice on the other end. "I just watched you on television, and you were wonderful." Jimmy even invited the high school freshman from Rolling Hills, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 19, 1977 | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

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