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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Imagine a 1970s Heathcliff sitting in the study of Wuthering Heights, dressed in a country gentleman's tweeds. He has spent the morning keeping tab on his prosperous estate. Now, while his beautiful young wife and chil dren await him for 5 o'clock tea, he neatly taps on an electric typewriter his dark history of humiliation, vengeance and- since he is a Catholic convert-reform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Amazing Grace | 6/4/1973 | See Source »

Maloney, who was unaware of the fund cut-off, explained that the girls by and large prefer Tab to costlier beer...

Author: By Mark J. Penn, | Title: Proctors Exhaust $2000 Fund For Beer, Soda and 'Goodies' | 5/17/1973 | See Source »

...only 36 ft. by 20 ft., the trip should yield ample material for study. Genoves will go along to take notes on what he sees, and the voyage will be filmed by a cameraman for Mexico's state TV channel 13, which will pick up the $160,000 tab for the experiment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: Role Switching at Sea | 5/14/1973 | See Source »

...money quickly evaporated. Ellsberg and Russo are finding out that while the price of liberty may be eternal vigilance, the cost of justice can be astronomical. Their trial, which is now nearing an end, will have cost the defense between $900,000 and $1,000,000; the prosecution tab may reach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Assaying the Defense | 4/30/1973 | See Source »

...Tab. Every important Japanese city from Kagoshima to Kushiro has its own throbbing neon-lit district of pubs, clubs and geisha houses that cater to the expense-account set. On Tokyo's Ginza alone, well-oiled businessmen drop some $500 million yearly at more than 1,000 bars and restaurants. Prices effectively screen out patrons who have only their own money to spend: dinner for two at Osaka's Yamato-ya restaurant costs about $230, while four Scotch-and-waters at a select Tokyo bar can run to $120, including a tray of hors d'oeuvres...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Freeloaders' Paradise | 4/16/1973 | See Source »

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