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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...alternate problem solutions, in order that they can make wise decisions in planning and implementing a total program that will best meet the needs of the people, now and in the future." Declares Boyer, "In a million years you would never say that on the phone. The other person would say, 'He's gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The State of the Language, 1978 | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

...Survivors returning to the U.S. have told the FBI that the cult's basketball team, to which Jones' natural son Stephan (who is still alive in Guyana) belonged, was actually a "hit squad" designed to seek out defectors. One former temple member, Terri Buford, says a person in San Francisco, Sandra Bradshaw, is in charge of carrying out a program to murder cult defectors, as well as such political figures as Senators Barry Goldwater and John Stennis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Ashes over the Atlantic | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

Sommers estimates that there are at least 3 million displaced homemakers, though nobody knows for sure. For practical purposes, a displaced homemaker is a person from 35 to 64, overwhelmingly likely to be a woman, who has been caring for family members and has lost the means of support through divorce, separation, death or some other calamity like the disabling of a spouse. She either has not held a job for a long time or has never worked outside the home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Of Women, Knights and Horses | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

Looking forward to the Sugar Bowl, Bryant cannot find flattery enough for Penn State and Coach Joe Paterno. "Joe is much more knowledgeable than I am, a well-educated person and a very fine gentleman. Penn State has a real sound football team, and they don't make mistakes. I have a great deal of respect for Joe and his team. Me, I'm just a rural old guy who's been around a long time and is not all that bright, to be honest about it." A gleam, a smile, a rumble, and the wily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Biggest Bear in the Briar Patch | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

...television biographies of Judy Garland, Abbott and Costello, Television Reporter and Cancer Victim Betty Rollin, Baseball Player Ron LeFlore, and Sally Stanford, a California madam who was elected mayor of Sausalito. Early next year Elvis Presley, who died only 16 months ago, will re-emerge on ABC in the person of Kurt Russell. Elvis Redux will be followed by an ABC-TV movie with Robert Duvall playing Dwight D. Eisenhower. This month, an all-star acting team will impersonate every President from Taft to Eisenhower in NBC's eight-part mini-series called Backstairs at the White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: A Flood of Film Biography | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

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