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There were scattered scenes of rejoicing and scenes of sorrow across the nation last week. In Cambridge and Berkeley, throngs of students celebrated in the streets. At a World Football League game in Jacksonville, cheerleaders burst into tears when the news was announced. For most Americans, however, the reaction to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. REACTION: THE PEOPLE TAKE IT IN STRIDE | 8/19/1974 | See Source »

Richard Nixon often suggested that he was personally essential to world peace and prosperity, and it was a notion that played even longer and louder outside the U.S. than it did in Peoria. For many months there was general agreement in a number of foreign capitals that the relentless pursuit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL VIEW: A COOL REACTION FROM ABROAD | 8/19/1974 | See Source »

Though talk of full-scale war between Turkey and Greece has been muted, the situation remains so volatile that swift success in the peace-keeping negotiations this week is considered urgent by all participants. Yet the problems are so complex and the hatred between Greeks and Turks so deep that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CYPRUS: Trying to Make Peace | 8/12/1974 | See Source »

All the double-edged kidding and up-front aggressiveness stand in some contrast to the cool, measured and often affectless characters Nicholson has played so well on the screen. He looks, when he is not trying, like an all-night coach passenger who is just beginning to realize he has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Star with the Killer Smile | 8/12/1974 | See Source »

The new songs have the same clean, tight harmony that made C. S. N. & Y. the barbershop quartet of rock. The muted sound comes as a welcome respite from the roar of Led Zeppelin and the rest of the heavy metal kids. The 14 new lyrics (mostly written by Young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Return of a Supergroup | 8/5/1974 | See Source »

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