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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...strains of the Chinese national anthem sounded first last week on the south lawn of the White House, as summit protocol demands. Then the U.S. Army Band gave an equally rousing version of The Star-Spangled Banner. From a windswept podium on the crest of the low hill, the two leaders exchanged bland welcoming remarks, then mounted a balcony to acknowledge the applauding crowd of some 1,000 dignitaries. Suddenly, Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing departed from the traditional script. He impulsively grabbed Jimmy Carter's hand and held it high. They looked like a pair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Teng's Triumphant Tour | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...latest role, Adjani, 23, plays Emily Bronte, author of Wuthering Heights. After resting up in the languorous countryside of Provence, she plans to tackle yet another demanding role: Marguerite, a jilted lover, in a movie based on La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils. For a star drawn to literary roles, Adjani is surprisingly reticent about her career. "Life is worth being lived," she shrugs, "but not worth being discussed all the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 12, 1979 | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

McPhee, who has written on such diverse subjects as ex-basketball star Bill Bradley, oranges, and new forms of powered flight, takes factual material and tries to deal with it in an unusual way, Howarth said...

Author: By Joseph T. Smith, | Title: John McPhee, Noted Author Speaks on Thoreau at Union | 2/9/1979 | See Source »

...Harvard women's swim team had superb potential for the 1978-79 season, and Blodgett Pool was teeming with optimism--even a type of haughty confidence. Fayer, a seasoned Crimson star, sported as much enthusiasm as anyone on the team...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Weekend in New Haven | 2/9/1979 | See Source »

...funny: in the film's best bit, Down turns the act of shaving Connery's neck into a delicate game of lovers' oneupmanship. Yet this actress is not merely another talented comedienne: she also has the voluptuous figure and classic features of an oldtime movie star. When she strips down to black silk undies and slithers under the sheets with Connery, the audience gets a dizzying whiff of pure sex worthy of Loren or Monroe. It is no wonder that Director Michael Crichton's camera all but jumps into bed with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Lady Is a Thief | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

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