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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...quarters. The Georgians were undemanding guests, going their own way from their farmerly rising at 6 a.m. and making only one special request: they asked for dinner one night on 15 minutes' notice. The staff, trained to fulfill the whims of princes and potentates, whisked filet of beef onto a table formally laid for twelve. Half of Washington would have crawled over broken glass to dine with a President-elect, but the Carters simply called in some wide-eyed young staffers to enjoy the meal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TRANSITION: Mr. Carter Comes Acourtin' | 12/6/1976 | See Source »

Several of this year's Pennypacker residents share Reardon's belief. Many cite the building's unique floor plan--every room in the building opens onto a single central staircase--as the most important factor in getting to know each other. "People are always dropping in from room to room," says Caryl E. Yanow '80, one of the more than 40 women who have moved into Pennypacker this year. "You can't do that in a dorm that's built around entry ways," she adds...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: 'Boys and Girls Together...' | 12/3/1976 | See Source »

When Dwight Eisenhower began to paint by the numbers, thousands of aging Americans who had harbored a secret conviction that they were latent Rembrandts set up easels and began to daub burnt umber and indigo onto keyed spaces of their canvas kits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Not Laws but Inspiration | 11/22/1976 | See Source »

...national campaign was Carter's first venture onto a huge stage. He just barely survived. His greatest challenge ahead may be in how he shows his concerns in his everyday acts and how he talks about the things that lie in his heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Not Laws but Inspiration | 11/22/1976 | See Source »

...primitive level the show is working. Fans mob the girls when they go into the streets for location work. The mail runs to 18,000 pieces a week-even more after something as raunchy as the prison show. The fact is that, for the moment anyway, ABC has stumbled onto something big. Charlie's Angels might be called family-style porn, a mild erotic fantasy that appeals about equally to men and women. The show has been launched at a moment when there is franker discussion of sexual needs and wishes and when women, in particular, are beginning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV's Super Women | 11/22/1976 | See Source »

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