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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...obfuscating. Said Leila Rohde, the wife of a postman in Sun Valley, Ariz.: "He speaks half-truths. He talks like a lawyer, undermining what he said so that you don't know what to believe after a time." Still others would agree with the skeptical view of Douglas Ross, a moderate Republican from Jacksonville, N.C., that "all candidates are fuzzy on the issues." Added Rosemary Werner, an elderly conservative Republican from Lancaster, Calif: "It's very risky to vote for anyone, really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME CITIZENS' PANEL: So Far, a Personality Test | 9/27/1976 | See Source »

Dick Higgings '22, who managed the Crimson squad that travelled to the Rose Bowl his senior year, his brother John '20, Jeff Ross '23, who claims to be the shortest man ever to receive a Varsity letter at Harvard (he is a 5 ft. 4 1/2 in. former third baseman) and Charles Newhall '23, stood drinking and chatting along the first base line...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: It Was a Home Opener With a Twist: Harvard Outnumbered in the Stands | 9/18/1976 | See Source »

...LIGHT AT THE CENTER: CONTEXT AND PRETEXT OF MODERN MYSTICISM by AGEHANANDA BHARATI 254 pages. Ross-Erikson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ground Zero | 9/13/1976 | See Source »

...board chairman of MCA Inc., a show biz conglomerate. Later, accompanied by California's Governor Jerry Brown, Carter starred at a reception given by Actor Warren Beatty at the swank Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Waiting to play Gucci-footsie with the Georgia peanut farmer were the likes of Diana Ross, Louise Lasser, Peter Falk, Carroll O'Connor and Faye Dunaway. Responding to Beatty's flip comment that the guests were "pinkos, leftists, Commies," Carter quipped, "It is a real thrill to meet the famous people here tonight. I hope I don't get to know too much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: The First Whiffs of Grapeshot | 9/6/1976 | See Source »

...week countered with "friend of the court" briefs accusing Andersen in effect of promoting chaos and anarchy in accounting. The brief of Price Waterhouse & Co. magisterially thundered about "Andersen's evident desire to discredit the F.A.S.B. and substitute its own personal and private decision-making procedures." Said Touche Ross Managing Partner Russell Palmer: "Taking sides and looking to the courts will confuse the issue without resolving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ACCOUNTING: Gray Flannel Civil War | 9/6/1976 | See Source »

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