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Warm Applause. The instigator of the conference was Algerian President Houari Boumedienne, who urged creation of a "union of raw-materials-producing countries" that could sock home the message that henceforth those nations "insist on being masters in their own houses." He was greeted by warm applause from Third World delegates, who disregarded the fact that their poor nations are being hurt much worse than the industrialized countries by the rise in oil prices. Boumedienne appeared to be trying, all too successfully, to distract attention from that fact and undercut U.S. efforts to weld oil-burning nations into a bloc...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Seeking to Be Masters | 4/22/1974 | See Source »

...have those "silky penises." The real sexual inequity is not that men have this great added marvel, a penis, but that "the female has an all-weather cunt. No wonder men invented the myth of female inadequacy." Women's only problem is jiving the need for sex with feminism. Sock it to 'em, Erica, baby. Show 'em what it feels like...

Author: By Emily Fisher, | Title: Love and Loathing | 1/16/1974 | See Source »

...could certainly afford a grander way of life, but prefers to sock her money away in "safe investments. I found out early in the game there is freedom in money. You can buy time with it." One extravagance Lauren indulges in recklessly is travel. Ignoring the advice of agents and business associates, she takes off as frequently as she can for far points-Malaysia, Africa, Nepal, Central America. The choice is simple. "We just find out where it is tourists are absolutely not supposed to go and strike out for there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Making Magic with a Funny Face | 9/17/1973 | See Source »

...events. It is a nostalgia movie a la mode and its success in reconstructing the early sixties is phenomenal. From the Coke to the burger stands with waitresses on roller-skates, from the souped-up cars to the ducktails and pony-tails, from the gang of hoods to the sock-hop, Lucas is unerring in his eye for detail and in his ability to bring his audience eleven years into the past...

Author: By Geoffrey D. Garin, | Title: Writing on the Wall | 9/17/1973 | See Source »

...what an unwinding! Pop, rock, talk and sock, as Variety might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Uncle Vanya Unwinds | 7/9/1973 | See Source »

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