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From the playroom comes the chatter of happy voices. Little figures are dancing to rock music, while off in one corner a paddle-ball game goes on. A demure little blonde quietly recites nursery rhymes. Other little ones busily tidy up, sing and pour tea. None of the active figures is human; all are toys. Around them, real children stand silently, watching their dolls perform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The Sensuous Doll | 12/20/1971 | See Source »

Pierre Waltz of Switzerland's Société Suisse pour I'Industrie Horlogère, a holding company of watch manufacturers, warned: "We have to assume President Nixon's good faith internationally. But we have also to add that if he does not succeed, this country will almost certainly go protectionist." Gerrit Wagner agreed: "We should take back to Europe a message that though the situation is serious, the U.S. has the best intentions. However, if it is confronted with a choice between a national and an international solution, it will opt for the national...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A TIME Symposium: View of America: Down and Out or Up and Punching | 10/25/1971 | See Source »

...that Bob Blackman has left Dartmouth, along with 26 lettermen, most prognosticators expect Dartmouth to win its games by respectably close scores, and perhaps even lose a game or two. However, when the Big Green Indians pour into Cambridge to drink your beer and puke on your rug on October 23, don't expect them to be any less arrogant than they usually are. Not surprisingly, the Indians, supposedly lacking depth this year, have dredged up a sensational second string back named Rick Klupchak, who gained 134 yards in 12 carries against U. Mass Next week, it will probably...

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: Crimson Ivy League Football Preview | 10/1/1971 | See Source »

...column pushing into India never ends, day or night. It has been four months since civil war broke out between East and West Pakistan, and the refugees still pour in. No one can count them precisely, but Indian officials, by projecting camp registrations, calculate that they come at the rate of 50,000 a day. Last week the estimated total passed the 7,500,000 mark. Should widespread famine hit East Pakistan, as now seems likely, India fears that the number may double before the exodus ends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Pakistan: The Ravaging of Golden Bengal | 8/2/1971 | See Source »

...posed by hidden contaminants in meat. Stuffed with chemicals that make them fatten fast, animals end their lives in overpacked feed lots. Four chickens, for example, are jammed into a 12-in. by 18-in. cage. Since overcrowding promotes stress and enhances the spread of disease, the lot operators pour tranquilizers and antibiotics into feed troughs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Nader on Food | 8/2/1971 | See Source »

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