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...those on the ground, the jumpers are hard to see at first as they pour from the plane, but within three or four seconds you can spot them, the sun reflecting off their jumpsuits as they cluster. They become larger, better defined as they fall closer-8,000 ft., 6,000, 4,000. Then the star bursts apart as each person turns by banking his body against the onrushing wind and tracks away from the others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Catch a Falling Snowflake | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

...other schools is not yet clear. If officials at other institutions revising their curricula are familiar with any other general education program, it is usually Harvard's. But sometimes they tend to feel bitter about what they see as Harvard's undeserved limelight. Nevertheless, phone calls continue to pour into University Hall requesting information on the Core. Schools as unlike Harvard as the University of Tampa and the University of Puget Sound are considering core curriculums. As Riesman notes, "The affluent started out wearing blue jeans, and now it has caught up with the blue collar." Ah, the vicissitudes...

Author: By Amy B. Mcintosh, | Title: The Core: Fashionable Trendsetter In Liberal Arts Curriculum Reform | 10/26/1978 | See Source »

...main focus of the vacation onslaught has been that 160-mile strip of overbuilt beach front in the south of France, the Côte d'Azur. Local rail terminals are overflowing as additional sun worshipers pour into Saint-Tropez, Sainte-Maxime, Cannes, Nice and Menton. When they arrive, along with myriad motorists who are clogging France's autoroute du soleil, a rude shock is waiting: no accommodations are available. As many as 1,000 people a day are redirected by the local tourist office to the Maritime Alps, inland and anywhere from 50 to 100 miles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE: Heliomania on the Med | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

That joke involves an element of true confession. The fact is that Arok isn't too bright. Without close and constant supervision, Arok would gladly vacuum the dog, pour the coffee on the rug or puree the goldfish in the Cuisinart. "For me to say that he saves me work would be ridiculous," admits Skora. "Real household androids are at least 15 years away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Illinois: A Better Robot? | 8/14/1978 | See Source »

...formal duties are daunting enough. Eager though he is to promote a steady 4% growth, Miller vows that he will not pour out enough money "to validate the present inflation"?that is, to make credit available to anyone for whatever purpose. If he does, he says, "you will have runaway inflation and double-digit interest rates." If he holds the growth of money supply within his target range of 4% to 6½%, Miller thinks, growth will continue while inflation will run out of monetary fuel. But there is always a chance that growth will suffer instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inflation: Attacking Public Enemy No.1 | 7/17/1978 | See Source »

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