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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that even though we have obtained that hallowed ground called "the upper middle class" we are hard put to have meat on the table three times a week. We put off visits to the doctor. A family vacation nowadays is a joke. Most depressing is watching Congress continue to set up programs that we finance but cannot use because we "make too much money." So please tell us: What is the American Dream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 12, 1979 | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...were indeed delaying SALT because of their concern over the new Sino-American relationship. Some officials suggested that Vance and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko may have to meet to clear away the smoke from Teng's visit before the SALT talks can be completed and a date set for Carter's planned meeting with Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Teng's Triumphant Tour | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...Crimson swimmers set team records in the 50-meter breast stroke. Barbara Niles recorded her best time in 34.86 and Adele Joel hers with...

Author: By Cecily Deegan, | Title: Aquawomen Shatter Records; Ivies Bring Out Their Best | 2/10/1979 | See Source »

Swimming Coach Walsh and diving coach John Walker agreed that Stone plainly "outdove everybody." Her performance set a New England record, a team record and a personal record...

Author: By Cecily Deegan, | Title: Aquawomen Shatter Records; Ivies Bring Out Their Best | 2/10/1979 | See Source »

...more laid back than the old favorites like "Teenage Lobotomy," or "Sheena is a Punk Rocker," (both from the rocket to Russia album), and the music is certainly slicker, but the basic feeling produced by any Ramones album is the same. After listening to one, with the volume dial set above '7', the only choice left for the night is between casual acts of petty destruction or serious chemical personality alterations...

Author: By Thomas M. Levenson, | Title: No Sleeping Pill | 2/10/1979 | See Source »

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