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...couple of years back, when the summiteers met in Bonn, Jimmy Carter smiled. Little else. Germany's Chancellor Helmut Schmidt sat down the table from the U.S. President and swirled Coca-Cola around in his wine glass and looked with contempt along his tilted nose at Carter. Schmidt dominated the personalities, France's Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was clearly second, and Carter was down there some place with Britain's jolly James Callaghan, who did not survive Margaret Thatcher's political assault, who did not survive Margaret Thatcher's political assault...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Determination and Adroit Maneuvers | 7/7/1980 | See Source »

...going to pop out of that tiny spaceship landing in the single ring, and their delight is tangible. Sure enough, what emerges is no astronaut, considering the oversize checkered cap perched on unruly shocks of blond hair, black velvet jacket, red scarf, clodhopper shoes and, of course, trademark potato nose. After 30 years with the circus, Oleg Popov, 49, is regarded as the king of clowns even beyond Soviet borders. How long did it take to dream up the medical mayhem in his latest laffer? Says Popov: "Six months, plus my entire life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 23, 1980 | 6/23/1980 | See Source »

...Lauder, purveyor of expensive creams, lotions and fragrances for women, offers a gilt-edged line of 70 different men's products under the Aramis label. Included in the list: pre-shave cleansing soaps to reduce razor drag and facial scrubs for use on the nose and forehead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Macho Glop | 6/16/1980 | See Source »

...which is not expected to roll off assembly lines before 1988, is a modified version of the company's 50 m.p.g. Mini Metro model being introduced this summer. The droop nose helps save gas by reducing aerodynamic drag, but the real secret behind the experimental ECV lies underneath-a novel three-cylinder engine. The ECV body, about the size of a Ford Pinto, is bantam weight. Bereft of bumpers and stripped of all interior furnishings except for the drivers seat, the test car tips the scales at 1,320 lbs. The body is constructed largely of lightweight aluminum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: A 100-m.p.g. Wonder Car | 6/9/1980 | See Source »

...with a beauty made disturbing by her blazing blue eyes, she was already a siren. Her conversation shone, her profile was just short of perfection. To make it impeccably Grecian, she had wax injected at the bridge of her nose. As the years passed it began to trickle chinward, ravaging her features. Yet a weird, mutilated beauty survived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Royal Siren | 6/9/1980 | See Source »

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