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...severe that it took $9.28 million in emergency aid from Pretoria to avert mass starvation. Though the territory is already densely populated, the government, under a "resettlement" program, sends in truckloads of unwanted blacks from urban areas. Once in Ciskei, many of the new arrivals live in stark tent towns with no schools, shops or running water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Voting for Puppethood | 12/29/1980 | See Source »

...tossing a surprise birthday party for my blue-eyed cowboy." Cary Grant, the Fred Astaires, the Gregory Pecks, Spiro Agnew, the Johnny Carsons and 200 others were on hand to greet the guest of honor at his own spread in Rancho Mirage, Calif., under a tent rigged with saloon-style bars, cacti, a bandstand and spittoons. Old Blue Eyes was delighted: "I'm gushing with happiness," said he. Guess when a man turns 65, it's time to hoe down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 29, 1980 | 12/29/1980 | See Source »

...LEADERS of the Moral Majority crusade are absolutely convinced that they are right. Once the fire has seized the convert--once the seed of conviction is planted at a circus-tent revival meeting or through a multi-cassette mail-order course in Christian fundamentalism--it burns, un-flickering, fueled by the comfort of Absolutes. A protecting barrier between the flame and the winds of thought, rationality, diversity, and complication, the Bible is the answer book. Right-wing conservatism--the Way. The Book--the Truth. The flame--the Light. Only one thing missing...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: They Know Not What They Do | 11/25/1980 | See Source »

...leaves were cancelled for today," a Harvard Security officer said last night. One hundred per cent of the force will be on duty today covering the American Broadcasting Company's tent at the game and tonight covering the parties. "We don't expect any trouble," he added, "just a lot of people...

Author: By Susan L. Donner and Gregory M. Stankiewicz, S | Title: Playing The Game | 11/22/1980 | See Source »

Minnelli, who directed such films as "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944), shown Monday night, "Gigi" (1958), and "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" (1962), began his career as a child in the Minnelli Brothers' Tent Show...

Author: By Susan L. Donner, | Title: Vincente Minnelli Discusses Career As Film Director | 11/12/1980 | See Source »

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