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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ambivalence is, of course, the root of Moreno's undoing. Even as he seeks to flee the country, he still finds himself defending the fundamental principles of Bello and his Green Revolution. As a former Communist Party member who did his time on the rack before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Schulberg is well-equipped to blueprint the attitudes and agonies of a man who once had high hopes for revolutionary reform. But his reach embarrassingly exceeds his grasp in dealing with Moreno's inner conflicts. What the book lacks is not philosophy or knowledge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: What Makes Justo Fall? | 5/11/1970 | See Source »

Inside Spider, as he clicked away from Rindge that night, was an inspiration that the grease all over him never betrayed. It was the greatest show he'd seen since Alan Freed had brought Bill Haley and the Comets to the Paramount Theatre in the late '50's, Rack 'n' roll really was here to stay, he figured...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Three-Quarters of a Tube of Score Works | 5/8/1970 | See Source »

...figures are changing. While there have always been special products aimed at the black woman, until five years ago there was no complete line of specifically black beauty products. Today there are four. The Barbara Walden quality line alone grossed $7,000 two years ago, is expected to rack up close to $500,000 this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Situation Report: Modern Living | 4/6/1970 | See Source »

...naturally followed by the sweet agony of a 102-lb. Japanese girl walking on your back, massaging each vertebra with her toes. There is the Siesta Room, where you lie under artificial stars winking in a midnight-blue ceiling. But there is also the Orthion, a space-age torture rack that rolls, vibrates, heats up and stretches you in two directions at once. The end result: minus 5 Ibs. "Nice going, champ!" says Director Hutton as he pastes two gold stars on your report card. "You just can't beat La Costa. It's a special world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: In Search of the New You | 3/2/1970 | See Source »

Sargeant Francis Wigfarr of the Harvard Police said that the glass was broken by rocks. Wigfarr said that it did not appear that the pharmacy had been entered, but that a rack of sunglasses was knocked off a counter by the rocks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Vandals Smash Doors Last Night at Holyoke | 2/20/1970 | See Source »

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