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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...look back, who regretted nothing, the singer who was above us all, has been brought down from on high. Now he is a "little too blind to see." He tells us that God can reduce him to tears, that he can't make it by himself. But the funny thing is that however meek Dylan feels now, he still believes he's holier than we. In a very dogmatic cut, he asks, "When you going to wake up?" But he's not yelling at anyone specifically; he's yelling at all of us because we're not awake. In many...

Author: By Suzanne R. Spring, | Title: The Gospel According to Bob | 9/26/1979 | See Source »

...extension of the subway system is a positive thing for the community--there can be no doubt about that," he said. "On that basis we can tolerate it for a couple of years...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: Assorted By-Products of Red Line Extension Noise, Agitation, Vibration and Congestion | 9/25/1979 | See Source »

...could only be located in Beverly Hills, and the proprietress could only be Jane Fonda, who founded her health salon after discovering how exercise helped her slim down for her bikini-clad role in California Suite. "I started classes, five times a week. It was the most amazing thing. That's when I got the idea to do this." On a clear day, the Befores can see an ideal After: Fonda herself, at 41 a svelte mother of two, scissoring and sitting up. · He brought along a hair dryer to blow out the candles on the six-foot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 24, 1979 | 9/24/1979 | See Source »

Stewart Mcllroy may or may not have been born around 1915 in County Donegal, Ireland. Other facts of his life are equally vague. But to two London doctors who spent four years investigating hospital records in the British Isles, one thing about Mcllroy is certain: he is an incurable hospital addict. In the past 34 years he has been admitted at least 207 times to 68 different hospitals in Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales for a breathtaking variety of diseases and disorders. Indeed Mcllroy seems beyond doubt to be the alltime champion sufferer of Munchausen's syndrome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Hospital Addict | 9/24/1979 | See Source »

...panic for a moment. He had been through this same sensation many times on the centrifuge. As long as he just took it and didn't struggle, they wouldn't zap all those goddamned blue bolts into the soles of his feet. There were a lot worse things in this world than g-forces ... The main thing was to keep ahead of those blue bolts in the feet!... He started pushing the buttons and throwing the switches like the greatest electric Wurlitzer organist who ever lived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Skywriting with Gus and Deke | 9/24/1979 | See Source »

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