Word: odyssey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this book had any other title--say, The Personal Views of a 23-Year-Old Student, or John LeBoutillier's America, or even the subtitle: The Odyssey of a Born-Again American--a private printing might have run off 20 copies: 10 for the author's parents and 10 for aunts and uncles in Orange County, California, or some other reactionary region. As it is, the book is prominently displayed in reputable bookstores and reviewed in reputable publications. That means others--including other reviewers--are forced to take account of drivel they could otherwise throw in the circular file with...
...science writer in modern times has done more to capture the excitement and significance of space exploration than British-born Arthur C. Clarke. Author of more than 40 works of fiction and non-fiction (2001: A Space Odyssey, Rendezvous with Rama), the prolific futurist has also had the pleasure of seeing some of his imaginative ideas come true, including the establishment of worldwide communications satellites, which he forecast in 1945. Clarke, who is chancellor at the University of Sri Lanka at Moratuwa, last appeared in the pages of TIME a decade ago, when man was about to take his first...
...Tokyo, correspondents from three news bureaus were on hand when leaders of the U.S. and six other petroleum-importing countries met to forge a common strategy on the oil problem. Washington Correspondents Johanna McGeary, Gregory H. Wierzynski and George Taber followed President Carter throughout the talks and on an odyssey that included state visits to Japanese and Korean leaders. Hong Kong Correspondent Ross H. Munro and members of the Tokyo bureau kept tabs on the European and Canadian delegations to the summit, who were housed, inconveniently enough, some miles away from the U.S. envoys. "The heavy security was a joke...
...determined fellow booked a single-day odyssey starting in Cleveland and whipping through Youngstown, Akron, Youngstown (again), Pittsburgh and back to Cleveland to collect five coupons. Ads offering top dollar for coupons have appeared in newspapers. Coupon traders flocked to airports, and last week the going price jumped from $5 to $20. The Federal Government, the state of California and many corporations have insisted that employees clip coupons to their expense accounts...
...game lasted only two hours and ten minutes, hardly a fair trade off for the hopes lodged in Thursday's eight-hour Odyssey to vengeful Ithaca...