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...care for our own elders, why should a hoodlum? If psychiatrists and advice columnists refer to old parents as a plague to keep at a distance and call men who love their mothers sick, how can we persuade the young to respect them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 20, 1976 | 12/20/1976 | See Source »

...guess you could call running up steps refined in comparison to the ergometer. The erg, as crew members affectionately refer to it, is a form of off-the-water torture that the Chinese cannot take credit for. It looks like the tanks, but with not only no sunsets, but also no water, and no rowers. Except, of course, you. Just you, and the oar handle, a timer ticking the slowest seconds in Cambridge, if not the world, and a meter to let you know how you're doing...

Author: By Lillian C. Jen, | Title: Where Have All the Oarsmen Gone? | 12/10/1976 | See Source »

Hiss' conviction was seized upon by some conservatives as proof that there were Communists in the government, a Fifth Column of sorts, and the case helped pave the way for McCarthy's demagoguery (he was to constantly refer to Hiss in his first major speech on Communism in Wheeling, West Virginia...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, | Title: Towards an Objective Hiss Story? | 12/8/1976 | See Source »

...development called Rancho Mirage. Ford worked at his rusty golf game at some of the swankest courses on the Coast: Thunderbird, La Quinta and Eldorado. "Relax," he told reporters. "Have a good time. No pressure." For the first time since he became President, his staff did not even refer to the journey as a "working vacation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TRANSITION: They All Make Demands on the New Boy | 11/22/1976 | See Source »

...will not perform abortions, but will refer women to outside clinics and provide up to $150 to pay for them. Most first trimester abortions cost slightly less than that amount...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: University to Include Abortions In Student Health Care Plan | 11/12/1976 | See Source »

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