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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Water pressure dropped ominously as sweltering city dwellers illegally opened fire hydrants to wet themselves down. Utility companies set power-output records in Milwaukee, Boston, New York and other cities, and air-conditioner salesmen could scarcely keep up with demand. Newspaper-headline writers warmed to the occasion. The New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CLIMATE: Weather with a Vengeance: Heat, Storm and Flood | 8/1/1977 | See Source »

What a pleasure it was to see the two of them again in a great baseball park, clad in the classic threads of the trade that made them famous. The occasion was the 48th All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, and this time Willie Mays and Joe DiMaggio were not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 1, 1977 | 8/1/1977 | See Source »

Unlike his near namesake of the old-time radio serial, Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, the self-styled "Tracer of Missing Pets" is not infallible. He is hampered by police indifference, even when he can identify a petnaper. (On occasion, Keane says, he has come close to having his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Hercule Pawret | 8/1/1977 | See Source »

There are several ways in which a novel based on such a premise could run rapidly downhill. It could sour into morbidity or fist-shaking stridency or traipse into a misty, philosophical meadow, where every delicious moment is the first one of the rest of our lives. This tightly constructed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Examined Lives | 8/1/1977 | See Source »

Carew does not strike out very often (52 whiffs last year). Nor are his many hits limited to a third of the playing field as is the case with most pulling power hitters. A lefthanded hitter (who throws rightie), he sprays the field like a grounds keeper's sprinkler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball's Best Hitter Tries for Glory | 7/18/1977 | See Source »

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