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...obstructing the probe, Mitchell this year began serving a 2½-to eight-year term while Magruder got out of prison in January 1975 after having served seven months. Nixon professes nothing but "compassion" for Mitchell, who, he says, was "too smart to ever get involved in a stupid jackass thing like Watergate." But, alas, Mitchell "could only think of that poor Martha and that lovely child Marty, and so that's the human side of this story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Now, Another Villain | 9/12/1977 | See Source »

Says Johnny Rotten: "The millionaire groups were singing about love and their own hang-ups. That's stupid. You don't sing about love to people on the dole." Blithefully, whiningly, punk says anything and everything. As the Sex Pistols chant, "God save the Queen/ She ain't no human being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Anthems of the Blank Generation | 7/11/1977 | See Source »

...parietal rules elicit nostalgic chuckles from members of the Class today. "We all thought the rules were stupid but at that time we never doubted that that was the way things were--it really is ludicrous," Brody recalls. The rules weren't always strictly observed, although Brody doesn't recall any occasions when either he or any of his friends kept a woman in the dorm overnight. But, he says, "you could screw in the afternoon and that was happening a lot. We also had a car and so there was always the back seat." Trustman says his whole generation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Apologetic Leftists and Cambridge Slush | 6/13/1977 | See Source »

...rich work extraordinarily hard. They are more willing to take risks than the average citizen. Many are loners. And, notes Journalist Arthur Louis, who has been FORTUNE'S fortune watcher for the past decade, "none of the self-made rich I've ever met seemed to be stupid and just lucky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hot New Rich | 6/13/1977 | See Source »

...compute the ratio. Then he'd smile at his host and flee. Beth was going through a premed stage at the time and she would often study with Greg. She owed her high grades that semester not to any scientific aptitude but to her desire not to appear stupid to him. By the end of the semester, she was no longer interested in med school but she was interested in Greg...

Author: By Joanne L. Kenen, | Title: Back to the bathroom mirror | 5/27/1977 | See Source »

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