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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Carter seemed to realize that he had repeatedly failed to reach the American people and mobilize public opinion to put pressure on a balky Congress. Among his critics, on the other hand, there remained a widespread belief that Carter himself had not provided the leadership the nation needs (see cover story). Now he was trying to change that The whole nature of the press conference was different. Not only had it been moved from the business-like Old Executive Office Building auditorium to the more ornate East Room, but it also was shifted from the customary mid-afternoon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Now, for the Hard Sell | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

...ended the trial of the man who police believe may be one of the worst mass murderers in U.S. history, responsible for the deaths of up to 36 young women from Florida to the state of Washington. The jury needed only six hours and 40 minutes to reach its verdict, though the trial had lasted for more than a month. The case against Bundy rested heavily on circumstantial evidence. In his 60-minute closing argument, Assistant State's Attorney Larry Simpson recalled the testimony by two dental experts that bite marks on one of the slain girls came from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Bundy: Guilty | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

...game's purists with several of his promotional ploys. In 1977 he took on the gentlemen of the yachting world and earned the chance to defend the America's Cup. Turner and Courageous won. His latest target: the nation's major television networks. His "superstation," WTCG in Atlanta, now reaches 4 million households in 46 states by broadcasting via satellite. Now the three major networks are trying to force the FCC to limit retransmission consent. Turner is spoiling for the fight. "The networks have had 30 years to upgrade television and haven't done it yet," he says. "They need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: 50 Faces for America's Future | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

...Martin Feldstein, 40, his colleagues predict, is some day bound to reach the pinnacle of their profession: chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. A summa cum laude graduate of Harvard, Feldstein is already perhaps the most influential young economist in the nation, the leader of a group of "new conservatives" who are arguing that the Government should meddle less in the economy. Feldstein heads the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, a private organization financed by grants from foundations and corporations, highly respected in the profession for its study of economic cycles. The cure for what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: 50 Faces for America's Future | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

...having worked both sides of the go-go fence, she notes that women in some ways respond more openly than men as audiences: "Women get turned on more than men do. They reach right out and grab...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: And Now, Bring on the Boys | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

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