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...pickets have marked occasional Saturday nights with sober vigils since then, but Harvard Pro proprietors have maintained with slightly more spirit that sales haven't decreased one shot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pickets, Wine In the Square | 6/12/1975 | See Source »

...there was a tenuous connection between the two men. Wilson's final years had been spent restoring his ancestral stone house in Talcottville, not far from Exley's native Watertown, N.Y. Exley had never met Wilson, but then he had barely met Gifford. His mission was clear: sober up and pay tribute to the better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Woe Is Me | 4/28/1975 | See Source »

This promise of resurrection inspired new devotion in the church's sober flock of about 70 auto workers, teachers, small businessmen and housewives. They recruited ten new believers and expanded the church parking lot to handle the overflow crowds they expect when Gill returns. Since last August, especially devout members have been honored by appointment to a corps that keeps a prayer vigil in the church 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to await Gill's resurrection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Waiting for Gill | 4/14/1975 | See Source »

...constituent told Virginia Republican Caldwell Butler: "Any policy is better than none." Reports Ohio Republican Samuel Devine: "People tell me, 'Let's stop this bickering between the White House and Congress and get something done!' " The American public did not appear to be panicking; people were sober and subdued but still largely positive as they appraised their own and their country's future. "The mood isn't gloom and doom," says Norman Mineta, a freshman Democrat from Southern California. "The question always asked is how much and how long it is going to take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Ford: Giving 'Em Heck on the Hustings | 2/24/1975 | See Source »

...observer of last week's riots noted the "ecumenical characteristics" of the mob-meaning that its members appeared to range from the far left to the far right. That alone is a sober message for Velasco: namely, that he has managed to alienate Peruvians of every political leaning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERU: The Limazo Riots | 2/17/1975 | See Source »

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