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...hardly eats, she constantly adds to a large hoard of tinned food; she mysteriously refers to an operation she had several years previously, little knowing that her mastectomy has become common knowledge. The two women are the first to leave, and some weeks later they are invited for a reunion luncheon by Norman and Edwin, their former officemates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Notable | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

...through Carte Blanche. Citicorp bought Carte Blanche in the early 1960s, but was forced to spin it off when the Justice Department objected on antitrust grounds. A federal judge has approved Citicorp's plan to buy back Carte Blanche, and the trustbusters are not likely to block the reunion. Partly because of rising competition from bank-issued cards, Carte Blanche has fared poorly and could well use Citicorp's muscle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: A War of Cards and Checks | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

...life's rude shocks. They dream hungrily of finer things-of love or loftier careers-and when their dreams collapse, they turn to one another for support. In the opening episode, a surprisingly melancholy sitcom premiere, one driver (Judd Hirsch) takes off for Florida to attempt a reunion with a daughter he abandoned 15 years earlier. The outcome is not entirely upbeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The 1978-79 Season: III | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

...rhyming dictionaries, a thesaurus, catalogues of puns and books on analogy. She researches the products and tries to incorporate the manufacturers' sales pitches. Clever titles will give you an edge, advises Mrs. Haley, who has come up with such concoctions as "I Remember Mania's Turnips" and "Reunion Chicken." She won a $600 microwave oven for a frankfurter casserole called "Putting on the Dog," a freezer for a sandwich dubbed "Ham Snacktaculars" and a stuffed tiger from the health food store for naming it "Eaton Wright." Other Haley coinages include "Blendelicious" for a multiflavored ice cream, "Purrsnickety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida: A Contest Winner's Road to Shoppertunity' | 9/18/1978 | See Source »

...issues of John Paul's pontificate, and it is an area on which his thinking is unknown. In the same speech he vowed that he would pursue unity "without diluting doctrine but, at the same time, without hesitation." Still, the new Pope's thinking on steps toward reunion is unknown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: How Pope John Paul I Won | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

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