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...difficult thing to contemplate the likelihood that one spent five years be ing tortured for nothing. As they cluster together around the Marriott's eight bars and omelet-shaped pool, the P.O.W.s seem compelled to approve of the life they found at home. Nearly all of them are confused, embarrassed or annoyed by their strange hero status. Says John McCain: "It doesn't take a helluva lot of talent to get shot down." Virginia Guttersen ex plains: "To a military man, the P.O.W. is a loser, the guy who didn't complete his mission. The Government made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Los Angeles: Prisoners of War | 7/3/1978 | See Source »

...short term because it is part of a poisonous climate that is being maintained in great part by our own English-speaking media and by federal propaganda. Longer term, I think [the flight of business] is a promising trend. You have to go through breaking some eggs before the omelet appears. I'm not talking about industrial operations and their profits. I'm talking about people who, under a federal system, can come in from the outside, pick up our savings and ignore the majority around them. As long as we are under the present setup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Levesque: The Dynamism of Change | 2/13/1978 | See Source »

...indicates that the answer well may be yes. Begin should have no trouble taking forthright moves for he is bolstered by his enormous self-confidence. His countrymen appreciate this. According to a popular apocryphal story currently making the rounds in Israel, the Premier's wife Aliza ruins an omelet that she is preparing in the kitchen. In frustration she cries out: "Oh God!" Answers Menachem from the next room: "Never mind, Aliza. I only told you to call me that in public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Of The Year: Begin: Partner for Peace | 1/2/1978 | See Source »

...stars Falk along with Louise Fletcher, Ann-Margret, Marsha Mason, Eileen Brennan, Stockard Channing and Madeline Kahn. A natty Falk makes time with all six ladies while stumbling up against the Gestapo on a hunt for precious gems that look like birds' eggs-a kind of Maltese omelet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 13, 1977 | 6/13/1977 | See Source »

...Susan, his l½year-old son Adam, his brother Andy and various drop-in friends. Says Walton: "I don't think I've changed. I still have the same values and interests." Rising by 10 a.m., he typically breakfasts on a quart of juice, a vegetable omelet and rice. On game days, he arrives at the Memorial Coliseum ahead of his teammates for treatment of his bum ankles, tender knees and other ailments, practices with the team, and then returns home to walk or play soccer in a neighborhood park. A nap follows, and then he sits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big Bill Walton Comes of Age | 5/30/1977 | See Source »

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