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Bumper Stickers. To whip up enthusiasm for the bills, supporters have packed committee hearings and state house galleries with vocal supporters, many of whom are elderly. In Wichita, Kans., Virginia Wilson held a Laetrile taste-in at her home, featuring fresh fruits, lima beans, beets and carrots, which proponents claim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: Damn the Doctors--and Washington | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

Though he knew it would take eight years to break even on the $1,600 investment, Nagy decided to take the plunge, and he signed a contract for the unit the day after President Carter's energy speech. Then he learned his home improvement would add another $90 to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Solar Catch 22 | 5/9/1977 | See Source »

In general, the very uncertainty of world oil-reserve estimates should reinforce the urgency of Carter's pleas for conservation. No responsible government can base policy on the hope that the most optimistic calculation of world resources is right-and that the technology will develop to pump the oil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Guessing What's There | 5/9/1977 | See Source »

Housewives not only buy huge quantities of Marabel Morgan's books but also write her fervent letters to tell her their difficulties. The letters (100 per day) are a cross section of "housewife blues" in the age of liberation. She answers all these pleas, which provided the basis for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: The New Housewife Blues | 3/14/1977 | See Source »

The number of alumni contributing to the Fund is also on the rise, although Harvard's participation level--32 per cent last year--still lags behind the 50 to 60 per cent of Dartmouth and Princeton alumni who respond to their alma mater's financial pleas.

Author: By Joanne L. Kenen, | Title: Money Makes The World Go Around | 3/5/1977 | See Source »

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