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...Artists). It is almost a law in publicity-loving Southern California that the two greatest personalities there present shall hobnob while the press & public loudly cheer or jeer. Usually this means William Randolph Hearst and whatever foreign personage happens to be visiting Hollywood. But last week it meant Charles Spencer Chaplin and Albert Einstein. All of Hollywood's police reserves turned out one evening to make tunnels through the populace so that Mr. Chaplin could escort Dr. Einstein and a party of scientists to see the first new Chaplin film in two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema 1931: CITY LIGHTS with Charlie Chaplin | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

Senior Co-Captain Spencer Brog won the men's A division title. Although he had some difficulty in his semifinal match with New York teaching pro Bob Dewey, Brog called this year's competition a "relatively final tournament...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetmen Start Pre-Season, Take Titles in Boston Tourney | 10/4/1983 | See Source »

...during the 1970s. In fact, such patterns are apt to be tempered, changed in intensity or direction. Extrapolating from the 1970 census, the Government predicted a 1980 U.S. population of 221 million; that turned out to be short of the actual number by 5 million people. Explains Gregory Spencer of the Census Bureau: "No one who leaves New York has to sign out. No one who goes to Florida has to check with us." The bureau uses figures for school enrollment, federal transfer payments and driver-license registrations, among other measures, in assembling its forecasts. The Census Bureau demographer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prediction: Sunny Side Up | 9/19/1983 | See Source »

Police treatment of rape victims in most cities reflects a new sensitivity. Recruits are given instruction on handling victims, and many forces have established special rape squads, with contingents of female officers. "The old line that women ask for trouble just isn't heard any more," observes Spencer Nelson, a Seattle-area detective...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rape: The Sexual Weapon | 9/5/1983 | See Source »

NONFICTION: Eleni, Nicholas Gage Elie Wiesel: Messenger to All Humanity, Robert McAfee Brown Kleist, Joachim Maass ¶The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Editors' Choice: Jun. 20, 1983 | 6/20/1983 | See Source »

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