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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sinfully Together" [July 9] you stated, "It used to be called living in sin.' " Sir, it still is called "living in sin." It amazes me how simple it is for people to jockey morality around to suit a lifestyle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 6, 1979 | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

...fussing and bogus accent, and just as he begins to work his magic, the way he did under the sluggish lenses of Daniel Petrie (The Betsy) and Franklin J. Schaffner (The Boys From Brazil), Badham cuts away. Olivier is a man of the stage, and cold entrances don't suit him; it takes him awhile to warm up. The only time Badham holds on him for any length of time is after he's just rammed a stake through his daughter's heart, at which point he emits a series of ludicrously overwrought sobs. And the accent? "The vampire vants...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Staking the Wild Vampire | 7/31/1979 | See Source »

Despite all of the exceptions, the 78° decree started a wave of more casual dress. Men were discarding suit jackets (the equivalent of reducing their workspace temperature by 3°), loosening or shedding ties (saving another 1°) and wearing short-sleeved shirts. Women in offices were turning to halter tops, looser fitting clothes and thinner fabrics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Trying to Sweat It Out at 78 | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

...whole trend set some of the stuffier law firms and various executive rows into re-examining traditional codes of dress. For the first time, reporters covering Congress were allowed to enter the press galleries without suit coats and ties. But a valiant attempt to extend that right to members of the House was squelched by a surprisingly decorous House Speaker Tip O'Neill. When Jim Mattox, a Texas Democrat, showed up in a light blue shirt and no tie, O'Neill asked him to leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Trying to Sweat It Out at 78 | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

...department filed suit last summer against Regis College. Advisers there are available to all other students on their floor for counseling. In return they receive $500 tuition credit, use of a telephone, and a double room at single rates...

Author: By Jonathan D. Rabinovitz, | Title: Resident Tutors and Proctors May Get Minimum Wage Limit | 7/27/1979 | See Source »

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