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Rows of keypunch operators sit in the marble and granite eight-story office of the National Rifle Association in Washington, feeding information into humming computers. Each of the association's 1.8 million members is recorded by zip code, congressional district and past support for the N.R.A. The voting records...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magnum-Force Lobby | 4/20/1981 | See Source »

Barely a mile from Yamit, at the cooperative farm of Moshav Sadot, the Sinai's sandy hinterland has been transformed into a verdant cornucopia. Tomato, eggplant and pepper plants, mango and lichee nut trees are nourished in long rows by painstaking drip irrigation. Collective farmers like those of Moshav...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Facing Up to the Last Retreat | 3/30/1981 | See Source »

It looks innocuous enough-a brightly colored plastic widget that could have been designed by Mondrian. It was developed in 1974 by Rubik, then 37, an architecture professor, to give his students greater experience in dealing with three-dimensional objects. It has six sides, each with a different bright color...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Hot-Selling Hungarian Horror | 3/23/1981 | See Source »

She musters all of her commanding appeal as a brothel madam singing "I Never Do Anything Twice." Perched on a stool by the piano, a black lace shawl draped over her shoulders. Reed stretches out her legs, throws back her head and recounts escapades with kinky abbotts and other unusual...

Author: By Sarah L. Mcvity, | Title: Fluffy But Filling | 3/5/1981 | See Source »

Now with only a handful of races remaining before the completion of his spectacular career, Hackett and those who follow in his wake, comprising the finest collegiate swim squad in the East, seldom draw more than a few rows of dedicated spectators. Not enough to muster the applause Hackett deserves...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: Bobby Hackett | 2/28/1981 | See Source »

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