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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...polling, despite the absence of any major scandal in his Administration or any international catastrophe. His restrained and at times erratic performance has won him neither personal nor ideological devotion. His political weakness has attracted a large number of challengers in the Republican Party. More important, it has drawn onto the field a reluctant Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the flawed heir of Camelot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: May the Best Man Win | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

Grafting Atlantis's mythic structure onto the suburban experience of lonely bedrooms and psychiatrist couches, Updike grows monstrous trees of mixed metaphors...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: The Meaning of a Missing Sock | 11/10/1979 | See Source »

...slightest bit of political or social commentary. While the forces of punk and disco explore the fringes of rock, Fleetwood Mac contentedly drifts with rock's mainstream. And it has paid off: phenomenal sales, constantly sold-out concerts, and almost universal acclaim by critics who never quite latched onto new wave...

Author: By Michael E. Silver, | Title: Driftwood of the '70s | 11/9/1979 | See Source »

Borrowing a Wing-T formation from the 50's and grafting it onto motion-shifting plays, the Jumbos have accumulated 1452 yards rushing this season while their opponents have managed only...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Vic Gatto: Doing the Impossible | 11/8/1979 | See Source »

...mood in Timilty's Parker House headquarters was relatively somber, as guests milled about and forced smiles onto their faces...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin and William E. Mckibben, S | Title: Mayor White Wins 4th Term, Trounces Timilty Across City | 11/7/1979 | See Source »

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