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The sidewalks along the city's larger streets are lined with small roadside enterprises. Vendors display fruits, vegetables, small paperback booklets and trinkets. Old women and men sell popsicles and tea to pedestrians. Three young women stand in an outdoor restaurant, preparing fried bread and dumplings. The restaurant, like all...

Author: By Jennifer H. Arlen, | Title: The Streets of Xian | 4/9/1982 | See Source »

But he need not retire just yet. His charisma, his style, his sex appeal are still irresistible; he is still very much the enfant terrible of dance. And since his strong suit, even in his heyday, was never technical perfection--his particular brand of excellence has always involved character over...

Author: By Deborah K. Holmes, | Title: A Competent Quixote | 3/19/1982 | See Source »

So the verdict of history would be mixed. But I did not recite my caveats that evening; he would hear enough of that in the lonely months ahead-most tellingly from himself. It was evident that he could hardly bear the thought of the indignity of a criminal trial. Neither...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WATERGATE: THE SMOKING GUN | 3/8/1982 | See Source »

Long-troubled Pan American World Airways last year was the industry's leader in losses. During 1981, it flew about $360 million in the red. To raise money, Pan Am two years ago sold its headquarters building in New York City and made $294 million. Last year it sold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Worst Year for U.S. Airlines | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

She was a famous beauty, an even more celebrated playwright, a magazine editor, an actress. She was the wife of Henry R. Luce, co-founder of Time Inc. She had been a Congresswoman and was on her way to becoming an Ambassador. It was small wonder that when 18-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Woman of Serial Lives | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

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