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...Harlem Globetrotters. Teng also clearly enjoyed the singing of I Love T'ien An Men Square, in Chinese, by the 80-member National Children's Choir. After the show the Carters, Teng, and his wife, who was holding hands with Amy Carter, rushed up to shake hands with the Globetrotters and kiss the children. Carter finally exited with Teng stage left, his arm draped casually around the Vice Premier's stocky shoulders...

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

...popular tax cut was not the only thing on Thelma's mind. As she well knew, her desire to shake things up while the boss is away had made her a political heroine. She is now one of the favorites in this year's race to succeed Carroll, who is ineligible to succeed himself. If she survives the May primary and wins in November, one thing is likely: Thelma Stovall will be a woman Governor who knows that her place is in the mansion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Kentucky's Shrewd Lady | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...month and one year than any other affliction. Doctors now believe that one cause is sleep apnea, the unexplained tendency of many babies to stop breathing while asleep. If that respiratory interruption continues for several minutes a baby can die of asphyxiation, unless a watchful parent rushes to shake the infant into breathing again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Alarming Babies | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

...Barents Sea sometimes lost as many as three-quarters of their ships to German dive bombers. Toward the end of the war, with the Americans rolling into Germany from the West and the Soviets from the East, Winston Churchill remarked: "I deem it highly important that we should shake hands with the Russians as far to the east as possible." The Allies had to settle for the Elbe River, where Americans and Russians at last embraced on April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: How We Got Here | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

From the tone of his campaign for governor, it was clear that Edward J. King wanted to shake up Massachusetts state government. But one unexpected consequence of the new Boston College broom's clean sweep at the State House has some Harvard administrators worried...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Governor King Stacks the Deck | 1/12/1979 | See Source »

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