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One Jonestown resident had nervously pushed a note into Harris' hand. "Four of us want to leave," it said. Ryan was getting other furtive pleas from cultists asking to go back to the U.S. with him. Jones was asked about the defectors. "Anyone is free to come and go," he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightmare in Jonestown | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

The D.F.L. might have survived its own overambition. Though Anderson made little impact in the Senate, Humphrey wisely decided not to seek a full Senate term this year, and the colorful Perpich began emerging as an able Governor. But without Hubert's healing hand the party fell into a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Demise of Hubert's D.F.L. | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

For three years, scientists and legislators have intermittently cooperated and struggled with each other to establish uniform guidelines for recombinant DNA research. Next week, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to release a final version of its guidelines for genesplicing research. These new regulations substantially ease research precautions, in...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: The Guideline Dilemma | 11/14/1978 | See Source »

The simplest way for the Federal Reserve to control money supply would be to feed a predetermined quantity of reserves into the banking system, turn a deaf ear to pleas that it shovel in more, no matter how intense the demand for loans becomes, and let interest rates go wherever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Rescue the Dollar | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

There is a raw, uncontrolled quality about Midnight Express that accounts for the film's magnetic pull on the viewer. The violence is graphic and uncompromising, mindful of no boundaries imposed by discretion or "good taste," whatever that might be. Brad Davis' performance as Billy reinforces this no-holds-barred...

Author: By Joe Contreras, | Title: Busted at the Border | 11/4/1978 | See Source »

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