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Richard John's performance as Boss Mangan does not evince the "rugged strength" expected of a man whose single-minded business interests threaten to overthrow the existing social order. John instead portrays the kind of character who was kicked around during kindergarten and is only now getting his revenge on...

Author: By Peter M. Engel, | Title: Heartbreak Hilarity | 4/27/1979 | See Source »

AS I LEFT the Orson Welles, I had a rush of understanding. Australia is the most urbanized country in the world. Eighty per cent of its people live in its cities. Much as we Americans cling to a self-image of rugged individualism while going to work every day for...

Author: By Susanna Rodell, | Title: Down Under | 4/26/1979 | See Source »

In Illinois, the nation's fourth largest coal-producing state, some 3,000 angry miners last week descended on the capitol in Springfield to protest the deepening gloom that is settling over the mines. In the rugged Appalachian heartland that reaches from the Virginias to eastern Kentucky, more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Dangers of Counting on Coal | 4/2/1979 | See Source »

On the same 20° N. latitude line as Hong Kong, Mecca, Mexico City and Calcutta, Maui (pop. 54,000) is the second biggest, second youngest (some 15 million years old) of the 132 islands of the 50th and southernmost state. Maui County attracts more visitors than any other of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Maui: America's Magic Isle | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

The netwomen meet the first of their nationally prominent rivals on the Spring trip. The southern swing matches do not count for the team's record, but Felske feels the rugged competition, against a host of top-ranked schools, will prime his squad for the rigors ahead. University of North...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women Go South to Prepare For '79 'Life in the Fast Lane' | 3/21/1979 | See Source »

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