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...respectfully decline TIME's Person??of the Year distinction. To paraphrase Groucho Marx, I don't want to be chosen by any magazine that would select me as its most newsworthy person. BILL EISEMAN Virginia Beach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 15, 2007 | 1/4/2007 | See Source »

...week after the historic transplant operation at Loma Linda University Medical Center in Southern California, the first infant?though not the first person???to receive a simian heart was reported to be doing remarkably well. "All vital signs are still good, and there's no sign of rejection," said Hospital Spokeswoman Patti Gentry, noting that Baby Fae was "just gulping down her formula." Outside the hospital, there was wonder and excitement over this latest medical marvel, but the enthusiasm was dampened somewhat by controversy. Antivivisectionists around the country and abroad protested what they called "ghoulish tinkering" with human and animal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baby Fae Stuns the World | 11/12/1984 | See Source »

After that kind of grind, Vance tries evade the diplomatic cocktail circuit. He and Grace?she too is an intensely private person???turn down numerous invitations, preferring to spend their evenings at home. They may go to a movie together, but rarely watch television unless a news event demands attention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vance: Man on the Move | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

...issues that will be effective in a campaign against Carter. Ford seems to bolster that argument of Reagan's with virtually every campaign appearance. For example, last week in Ohio the President added to his repertory of feckless rhetorical mannerisms by constantly referring to himself in the third person???"I'm confident that President Jerry Ford can be elected." Commented a telephone company executive in Findlay, Ohio: "He sounds like he's delivering a 'man who' nominating speech for somebody else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: G.O.P. DONNYBROOK | 6/21/1976 | See Source »

Though he speaks almost mystically of the "intense friendships" that he has formed with Americans almost everywhere, Carter has few real cronies, and he keeps even them at arm's length. He shares his most intimate thoughts and feelings with only one person???his wife Rosalynn. Says Gerald Rafshoon, an Atlanta friend who handles Carter's campaign advertising: "You don't get that close to Jimmy because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Jimmy Carter's Big Breakthrough | 5/10/1976 | See Source »

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