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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...human mother who didn't know she had a god for a son. When he was about three years old he put some sand in his mouth as three-year-olds are wont to do, and as mothers are wont to do, she tried to make him spit it out. After mighty efforts on both sides the boy-god finally opened his mouth; his mother looked in and saw the universe...

Author: By Jean A. Riesman, | Title: As Kingfishers Catch Fire, Dragonflies Draw Flame | 2/22/1979 | See Source »

Last weekend at Carpenter Center the devil spit the universe out of his mouth and laughed. A sign of recognition went up from the audience: Ah, another origin-of-the-universe cartoon." It was an Italian movie, FantaBiblical, good news for post-Sputnik man, the fallen Catholic's Chariot of the Gods, the ten commandments as the fallout of a mid-space collision. Nothing is sacred; everything is permitted...

Author: By Jean A. Riesman, | Title: As Kingfishers Catch Fire, Dragonflies Draw Flame | 2/22/1979 | See Source »

...Bandit. The questions are relaxed, the answers as washed as California light. Finally, Ginny Weissman, editor of the Chicago Tribune's weekly television guide, has had enough. "I thought your show was in very bad taste," she says. "I kept wondering, why is it necessary to spit on the windshield? Why so much tobacco juice? Why such high sexual content? The camera seemed to focus a lot on men's behinds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Crankier Critics of the Tube | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

...assembled some of the greatest formulas ever invented. It would be hard to resist the original instructions for boeuf mode as constructed by Pierre de Lune in 1656, or for preserved quinces as prescribed by Nostradamus in 1552. From the stick-roasted eggs of Taillevenť (1373) to the spit-roasted eel of Alexandre Dumas père (1873), the dishes outlined are all cookable with available ingredients...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: An International Bill of Fare | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

Underlying much of the Israeli anger is the feeling that Washington is making no bones about siding with Cairo. Said a close aide of Dayan's: "Carter will spit in our faces, blaming us for the collapse of the negotiations. The Senators and Administration spokesmen will join in happily. They will hope that we will crawl on all fours to Washington." Israelis were further infuriated over a statement by Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, who had just finished a trip to Israel and six other Middle East countries. Byrd warned that Congress "will be reluctant to increase Israeli aid while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Angry Words Over a Deadlock | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

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