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...required her to experience such feelings--for a fee. But there are limits to what men and women can know about their own bodies or their own psyches, and they remain even when technology makes it possible for one woman to bear a child for another. No one can predict what feelings a particular pregnancy might inspire well enough to put a price on them...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Bringing Up Baby | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

Observers of Evangelicalism predict that, in the short run at least, PTL supporters will rally around their beleaguered organization. The TV ministries like PTL occupy powerful positions because they meet the spiritual and emotional needs of millions of viewers. Indeed, loyal fans of the Bakkers reacted with surprising equanimity to the couple's disappearance. Ron Olguin, manager of New Mexico's Bernalillo County and a daily viewer of religious TV, contributes upwards of $10,000 a year to televangelists. He is irritated by all the criticism of the Bakkers. "These people have done a lot of good in their lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Evangelism: TV's Unholy Row | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

...industry observers predict that Fox's road to success will be long and hard. Most of the Hollywood community is publicly rooting for the newcomer (largely because it offers another market for programming), but privately, in the words of one producer, "skepticism is running very high. The money in this town is on failure." No one, however, is ready to dismiss Murdoch's bold venture. "It's well financed, it's well conceived, and it's got a guy with deep pockets," says Edward Atorino, media analyst at Smith Barney. Murdoch expects to spend $150 million over the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Room For One More? | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

...psychic can pick up a person's vibes and tell where they're coming from, as well as where they have been--their past lives. The psychic can then predict certain things in the future based on patterns in that person's life," says reader Steve Brown...

Author: By Heather R. Mcleod, | Title: Psychic Fair in The Square: Crystals, Readings and Runes | 3/20/1987 | See Source »

...been put into effect by only two countries, Australia and New Zealand. It could create potential complications for a trading nation as large as the U.S. Many U.S.-based importers and retailers believe that auctions could disrupt their steady supply of foreign goods. But advocates of the idea predict that an active secondary market for so-called quota tickets would quickly develop, so that bidders who wound up with excess quota allowances could sell their tickets to others who come up short...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Am I Bid for This Fine Quota? | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

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