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...federal or state governments or the 14 large land owners involved do not agree to the various options presented Wednesday, Francis J. Nicholas, governor of the Passamoquoddy Indian tribe at Pleasant Point, Maine, said the Indians will be going to court...

Author: By Patricia C. Gadecki, | Title: White House, Indians Seek Maine Land Agreement | 2/11/1978 | See Source »

...most interesting chapters, naturally enough, involves the Kennedys, and it will not be pleasant reading for their hagiographers. In the early '60s, the Justice Department, under Attorney General Robert Kennedy, began investigating an old family friend, Publicist Igor Cassini, for his supposed failure to register as a foreign agent. Cassini, who wrote a gossip column for the Hearst papers under the name Cholly Knickerbocker, was suspected of illegally representing the Dominican Republic and Dictator Rafael Trujillo in the U.S. Perhaps because of his family's friendship with Cassini, Bobby Kennedy pursued him with extraordinary ferocity, afraid that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Leftovers | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

...Rotary Club party. All the trappings of the normal sexual dance -talk, gestures and clothing-are stripped away as unessential, and emotions are under tight control. As a result, the proceedings are amiable, but flat. Like the tough-looking woman at the bar, many patrons seem bored. A pleasant young woman with a distressing overbite is standing at the bar, staring aimlessly into middle distance. "I don't know why I'm here," she says. "I'm only nude because there's nothing to do here with your clothes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Is There Life in a Swingers' Club? | 1/16/1978 | See Source »

...secret to gaining his wife's love lies in being himself. In these scenes Wilder displays a dramatic sensitivity which his more recent Mel Brooks roles have not allowed him to develop. The comedy and conflicts generated by this situation might have been sufficient material for a light but pleasant romantic film which would have highlighted Wilder's insight and talent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gags And Other Buffoonery | 1/10/1978 | See Source »

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER is one of those movies you would probably enjoy if you let yourself. Leave home your preconceived notions about what a movie about disco dancing, set in Brooklyn, starring John Travolta of Sweathog fame is going to be like--you should find the movie a pleasant surprise...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Only a Slight 'Fever' | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

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