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...Between sets by a star-studded U.S. rock, pop and jazz caravan visiting Havana for the first concert of its kind in 20 years, fellow Performers Kris Kristofferson and Wife Rita Coolidge duly toured socialist showplaces, including a pioneer school. Billy, by contrast, crammed a peaked cap over his swirl of black curls, clamped a cigar in his teeth and settled down on a beach to rap with enthralled young Cubans, who, from tuning in to Miami rock stations, already knew the words to such Joel hits as Big Shot and Only the Good Die Young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 19, 1979 | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

...spiritually hoping that if only he will agree to live with them they will be saved from their miserable lives. The two old aunts, who must sleep in the same bed even though they hate each other, add their pleas to the chorus. Jealousy, lust, hatred, infidelity, frustration--all swirl around Serge as he tries to reconcile his incestuous love with his obligation to his sick father...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: A Family Affair | 3/15/1979 | See Source »

Seething gases and liquids mask its rocky core. Its frigid atmosphere consists mostly of hydrogen and helium. Great cyclones and hurricanes swirl in its turbulent sky, with brilliant red and orange clouds constantly merging and breaking apart in ever changing patterns. Often the turbulence creates trails of sinuous white vapors thousands of miles long. The awesome, forbiddingly beautiful world is that of Jupiter, a planet so large it could swallow more than 1,300 earths...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Intimate Glimpses of a Giant | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...began as a bleak week, and it remained one. The swirl of events was so stormy hat at one point Carter considered postponing his Mexican trip−a move that would hardly have pleased the Mexicans. The President had also considered postponing his press conference last Monday, in the hope that the chaos in Iran might have cleared before he answered questions about it. He decided instead to use the conference to extend an olive branch. Said he: "We have been in touch with those in control of the [Iranian] government, and we stand ready to work with them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Surprise and Confusion | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

...seems to have an almost physical need for triumph, and his views on subjects other than baseball reflect this. Those opinions positively swirl in quixotic logic and contradictions, but it doesn't seem to matter to Steinbrenner. He is a winner...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Steinbrenner: A Winner | 2/21/1979 | See Source »

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