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...Washington, Rabin tried to present a softer image for Israel. Speaking before a joint meeting of Congress, he said that he was "ready to meet with any Arab head of government at any time and at any place." He quoted Sadat's remark to Congress that "there is no substitute for direct person-to-person contact" and then won applause by adding, "I wish that he would direct those words to me as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: A Meeting Between Friends | 2/9/1976 | See Source »

Briefly, the colder the snow, and the more recent the last snowfall, the more "tooth" the crystals have and the harder the wax you should use. In contrast, older snow and higher temperatures demand a softer...

Author: By Grover G. Norquist, | Title: Switch to Cross-Country | 12/8/1975 | See Source »

Earlier in the day, Ford told the New England Council that the recent shake-up in his administration should not be interpreted as a shift to a softer stand on national defense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ford | 11/8/1975 | See Source »

...announced. Last Thursday Springsteen brought his distinctively big-city, rubbed-raw sensibility to a skeptical Los Angeles, not only a major market but the bastion of a wholly different rock style. It remained to be seen how Springsteen would go down in a scene whose characteristic pop music is softer, easier, pitched to life on the beaches and in the canyons, hardly in tune with his sort of dead-end carnival. Springsteen's four-day stand at a Sunset Strip theater called the Roxy was a massive dose of culture shock that booted everyone back to the roots, shook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Backstreet Phantom of Rock | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

...industry is still feeling the effects of the energy crisis and the nation's bout with recession and double-digit inflation, which cut deeply into Americans' buying power−and Detroit's sales. So far this year, in fact, sales of domestic cars have been even softer than they were in 1974. Last year U.S. automakers sold 7.4 million cars, down 24% from 1973's record 9.7 million; this year the total may well slip under 7 million for the first time since 1962. Yet imports have been able to expand their normal 15% share...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: More Miles for More Sales | 9/15/1975 | See Source »

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