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Franklin Roosevelt was the first President to take to the air and dramatically expand a President's reach, flying in 1943 to Casablanca in a Boeing Clipper to meet Churchill and De Gaulle. Harry Truman sped to Wake Island to parley with General Douglas MacArthur in a Douglas DC...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Into the Wild Blue Yonder | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

Citicorp, an international financial force with assets of $73 billion and offices in 93 countries, is the parent of Citibank-formerly First National City Bank -New York City's biggest bank, second largest in the nation and the world (after Bank of America). It is not, obviously, your friendly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Classy Newcomer on the Skyline | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

The dandy of American art is a woman, Louise Nevelson. Nobody is more recognizable: the fine, blade-nosed Aztec face with its monstrous false eyelashes, like clumps of mink, is as manifestly the property of an artist as Picasso's monkey mask. The sight of Nevelson under full sail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Night and Silence, Who Is There? | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

Along with Meyers at the forward spot will be sophomore Wendy Carle. An aggressive, hard-nosed battler, Carle gave the women needed strength last year and should help the inside game this year. Lori Christensen, another scrappy insider, will give the women plenty of power off the bench.

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Tough Opposition To Test Women | 11/29/1977 | See Source »

Social life picked up in her teen-age years. She plunges into vivid accounts of coconut shies and garden parties, the technique of hat painting and cheating on one's dance card. In the myriad detail of the book is an irresistible ingenuousness. When she achieved her first success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Grande Dame | 11/28/1977 | See Source »

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