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...Weathermen who have surrendered have been treated leniently, and there was speculation last week that Wilkerson would be allowed to plead guilty to lesser charges. Meanwhile, ironically, three former top FBI officials, including onetime Acting Director L. Patrick Gray, are awaiting trial on charges of having the agency illegally tap the phones and break into the homes of friends and relatives of fugitive Weatherman members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Past Defended | 7/21/1980 | See Source »

Carbon dioxide is a raw material for plant growth, and Canfield contends that sprinkling household vegetation with his Natural Seltzer can produce shoots up to 50% larger than those watered from the tap. He recommends the Seltzer treatment about three times a month and sternly warns against using club soda or other effervescent mixers on a favored philodendron. The reason: the other soft drinks contain salt, which in excessive amounts could harm potted pets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Pep for Plants | 7/14/1980 | See Source »

...evidence. Jittery city officials considered canceling a lunchtime jazz concert scheduled outside the courthouse the day after the wrestling match in the hallway but finally decided to let it take place. And so, reassuringly, blacks and whites gathered in the warm sunshine of Greensboro to munch hot dogs and tap their toes to musical riffs just a few dozen yards from the site of a trail with bitter racial overtones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Dare That Ignited a Slaughter | 6/30/1980 | See Source »

Because energy is the lifeblood of a modern industrial society, the Soviets will undoubtedly make an all-out effort to tap their hard-to-get reserves. It remains to be seen, though, whether the country can accomplish the job in time to avert serious shortages. Concludes Jack Ray, a Tenneco petroleum specialist who is often in the Soviet Union: "With brute strength and will power they'll muddle through, just as they always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: The Tough Search for Power | 6/23/1980 | See Source »

Having urged the construction of a tunnel under East Berlin, which allowed the CIA to tap into communications within the Eastern bloc, Harvey developed a reputation for accomplishing the impossible. That proved his undoing. When the Kennedy brothers ordered a secret operation to overthrow Castro, Harvey was put in charge. He employed all the tricks of his trade, including the recruitment of Mafia figures for a rubout, but he failed. After that, it was all downhill as he drank away his frustrations and died of a heart attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Lives of Luger and Stiletto | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

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