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...first victims of the new policy was National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was refused a car to take him to the Press Club dinner despite his plea that it was official business. Finally, he drove his own car and arrived half an hour late because he had trouble finding a parking place. Carter's limousine policy will save the Government only $12,000 a year in car-rental fees, but was a potent token of his determination to trim needless expenses and run a down-to-earth Administration. In a similar vein, the President is considering getting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: The New Washington | 2/7/1977 | See Source »

President Jimmy Carter's plea for the nation to lower thermostats to a daytime 65° was reinforced by Governors in many states, who ordered cooler temperatures in public buildings and places of business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEATHER: The Great Winter Hits Again | 2/7/1977 | See Source »

...best song on the album is probably "Be My Wife," the plea of a Byronic wanderer exhausted and alienated by the world. The lyrics are simple and sincere; the search for security strikes a universal chord in a way that the instrumentals try in vain to do. The piano and guitar dominate the score, and a tighter structure gives the song more power and coherence than the others. However, the tune's energy is undercut by a lackluster guitar solo on the fade...

Author: By J.t. Defenderfer, | Title: Is Aladdin Sane? | 2/2/1977 | See Source »

Italian life. The Vatican had fought abortion every inch of the way. On New Year's Day, Pope Paul used his annual message to make an anti-abortion statement with the plea, "If you want peace, defend life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: We Did It for The Women | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

...which has just begun ordaining women as priests, added a new twist to that innovation last week. New York City's liberal Bishop Paul Moore ordained the Rev. Ellen Barrett, 30, the denomination's first openly committed homosexual priest of either sex. In an unusual last-minute plea to prevent the action, Colorado's Bishop William Frey had wired Colleague Moore: "Ordination of practicing homosexuals does not represent the mind of the church and is plainly contrary to the teachings of Scripture which we have all sworn to uphold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Lesbian Priest | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

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