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...women in purdah while their denimed daughters in platform shoes kick up the dust in the streets of Istiqlal, the capital. Down in the slums the click of cal abashes and the muezzin's call to prayer compete with an alien rhythm, "with words, repeated in the tireless ecstasy of religious chant, that seemed to say. Chuff, chuff/ do it to me, baby,/ do it, do it,/ Momma don't mind what Daddy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: White Mischief | 12/18/1978 | See Source »

Hull and Orr were their sport's premier ambassadors, Hull beaming broadly as he spent tireless hours signing autographs, Orr smiling shyly as the cheers swept over him. Orr was a magician, a man who accomplished what no other defenseman had ever done?become his team's main scoring threat. Playing for the Boston Bruins, Orr changed the dimension of the game, sweeping up ice from the far end of the rink and then scoring with his short-range wrist shot. Twice he led the league in goals, an astonishing feat for a defender. For a record three straight years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Farewell to a Golden Trio | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

...tireless Brynteson completed the hat trick with ten minutes remaining in the first half. This time, Ferrante crossed to St. Louis near the right post. When a Brown defender broke up St. Louis, the ball squirted over to Brynteson, who slammed it home for the game's final score...

Author: By Thomas H. Green iii, | Title: Women Booters Zap Brown for Ivy League Title | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

Wojtyla is tireless, sometimes putting in 20-hour days, and known as a voracious reader. He is fluent in Latin, Italian, English, French and German, as well as Polish. Not Russian? Said a priest in his entourage when asked that question last week: "No Pole speaks Russian?but everyone understands it." A flip-up desk allows him to write while being driven in his car. He has a disconcerting habit of reading or writing while carrying on a conversation?and then displaying total recall of what was said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Foreign Pope | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

...Mountains last month with the Camp David Agreement. It was indeed a personal triumph. It was at Carter's suggestion that President Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Begin of Israel agreed to come to the U.S. and confer face-to-face, and it was apparently only Carter's tireless mediation that kept the talks from ending in a frustrating deadlock. But it should also be noted that Carter's efforts were not simply a product of his missionary zeal; it is clear that the primary U.S. interest in the Middle East is to establish peace. With the Camp David...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Steps Toward Peace | 10/3/1978 | See Source »

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