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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...takes some courage to show Julia Child how to chop an onion," New York Times food editor Craig Claiborne told an audience that included Julia Child last night at a cooking demonstration to benefit Radcliffe's Schlesinger Library...

Author: By Susan H. Goldstein, | Title: Claiborne, Franey Demonstrate Dishes | 5/11/1978 | See Source »

...reports of "concerned citizens' groups," and the ever-present Pentagon predictions of an impending apocalypse. A recent CBS-TV documentary, for instance, focused on charges that the current all-volunteer army cannot find the crack troops needed to face any attack by the Soviet Union; the implication throughout the show was that the U.S. armed forces are not now in "a proper state of readiness," and may never be--as long as the all-volunteer format persists. Other critics, especially in the Southern delegations to Congress, have perceptively pointed out the serious problems of the army's low pay scales...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Gamesmanship | 5/10/1978 | See Source »

Back in the shelter, the kibbutzniks keep their children busy with games and laughter and songs. The small children dance and sing songs for Purim, which is only two days away. Meanwhile, the leaders nervously tap their fingers and study their wrist watches, trying not to show their fear...

Author: By Mark A. Feldstein, | Title: Life Within the Bunker | 5/10/1978 | See Source »

...going to see a show that will explain a little bit more about the Mormon religion...

Author: By Cliff Sloan, | Title: Mannequins and Mormons | 5/9/1978 | See Source »

...COULD'NT figure out who was flicking the switches to get the whole production going. The fact that the whole show was for my benefit--with just me and Sister Wood in that empty room--made me even more uncomfortable...

Author: By Cliff Sloan, | Title: Mannequins and Mormons | 5/9/1978 | See Source »

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