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Though a plurality said they considered homosexuality immoral, 56% said they ould vote fo legislation guaranteeing the civil rights of homosexuals. This was the issue fought out to bitterly in Miami last spring between Singer Anita Bryant and the homosexual activists. But although a majority of the Yankelovich poll subjects seem to side with the civil rights forces (who were defeated by a 2-to-1 majority in Miami) they do not all consider those rights unlimited. From 59% to 70% favor the right of homosexuals to live wherever they want, run for elective office, or serve in the Army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: The New Morality | 11/21/1977 | See Source »

Europe's most elaborate duty-free shops are at Shannon airport in Ireland and Amsterdam's Schiphol. Visitors to the ould sod-even those in transit-can browse through huge quantities of bulky hand-knit sweaters ($19.75 and up), Connemara blankets ($9.75), Royal Tara china and linen. The same merchandise is taxed up to 17% outside the duty-free area, but occasionally it can be found on sale for less than airport prices. Amsterdam's 25-store operation is a veritable shopping center, offering unset diamonds, a large selection of Dutch silverware, typewriters, electronic calculators and film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Airport Guide to Duty-Free Bargains | 6/5/1972 | See Source »

...consensus which discovered Jack Lynch." Equally plain-spoken was the London Economist's recent assessment of Lynch as "the best Irish Prime Minister that Britain is likely to get"-a judgment hardly calculated to endear him to an electorate that still regards Britain as the "ould enemy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: The Master of the Tightrope Act | 9/20/1971 | See Source »

...rest of the points should f(??)in Harvard's direction. Sheer depth in the distance events, and a clear edge the sprints, the hurdles, and the relays ?ould be sufficient to fend off any seri? Dartmouth challenge...

Author: By Robert Decherd, | Title: Harvard Distance Runners Lodge Bid in Penn Relays | 4/24/1970 | See Source »

...gaudy ballroom of the government-owned Rabat Hilton sat such disparate types as Saudi Arabia's conservative King Feisal, the moderate Shah of Iran and Algeria's strongman Houari Boumedienne. Host Hassan neatly averted the problem of sitting alongside an old enemy, Mauritania's President Moktar Ould Daddah, by having his placard lettered "Kingdom of Morocco." That enabled him to move down seven places at the alphabetically arranged table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Confusion at the Summit | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

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