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Suddenly shouts rose from the hot, sunbaked desert floor in Southern California. There it was, high over the distant buttes, a tiny, gleaming dot in the pale blue sky, an apparition from space returning to earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Touchdown, Columbia! | 4/27/1981 | See Source »

Cornell Food Science Professor Frank V. Kosikowski now claims to have the answer: wine made from whey. The potion, says Kosikowski, is "brilliantly clear, pale yellow, tart and dry, with a subdued aroma and bouquet." And versatile. "If baked at 150° F for two to three weeks, the wine becomes whey sherry of a rich, amber color. It can also be distilled and aged to become brandy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Poles Apart | 4/27/1981 | See Source »

...Tejero's political career, the Socialist setback, even the stifling of political debate, all pale beside the Basque problem. Most analysts expect ETA to provoke the army into bloody repression over the coming months, and they expect the generals to respond in character, probably by demanding some form of martial law. The resulting strains may be too much for the civilian government. "Everyone said we would have a difficult time when Franco died," says a senior official in Madrid, "but we have had a relatively comfortable time so far. Perhaps the real transition to democracy begins now." -By John...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain: Seeking to Appease the Generals | 4/20/1981 | See Source »

...right rear door and called for help. Two more agents, following in the battlewagon, helped the President walk toward the entrance. Reagan had gone about 45 ft., said Parr, when he sagged. "He was perhaps going into shock, but I never sensed it was life threatening. He was just pale, shook up." Only after the agents had lifted Reagan onto the table in the trauma unit and scissored off his coat and shirt did anyone realize that the President had been shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Six Shots at a Nation's Heart | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

When she arrived outside the emergency room she was at first informed, by Mike Deaver, that Reagan had been wounded, but only slightly. Her worry escalated slowly. Moments later, doctors told them that it was more serious than Deaver had thought, and she saw her pale, prostrate husband...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Interview with Nancy Reagan | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

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