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...million, and her children, John and Caroline Kennedy, with $15 million each. She is also expected to get the prime pickings of Ari's $20 million art collection, part of which already adorns her 15-room apartment on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. While Onassis' lawyers unravel the knots of his empire and will, they are continuing to pay Jackie's $600,000-a-year allowance. Whatever the outcome, Jackie will be better heeled in her own right than ever before: she received no more than $80,000 from the estate of her erratic father, "Black Jack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONALITY: What Now for Jackie Onassis? | 3/31/1975 | See Source »

...jobs (such as dishwashing and working as a telephone lineman) into a million-dollar business that included cigarette manufacturing, dealing in rugs, hides and furs, and operating a decrepit tramp freighter. His formula: 20-hour work days, a penchant for juggling several deals at one time, an ability to unravel the complex maritime laws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: One of the Last Tycoons | 3/24/1975 | See Source »

What makes Pilobolus more engaging than other well-trained, well-rehearsed troupes is their unique approach to dance that integrates elements of gymnastics, acrobatics, mime and acting. The ability to blend and unravel their bodies in controlled and interesting ways adds a special energy to their movements, most evident when the entire group dances. Moreover, Pilobolous shows how much the human form can communicate both thematically and visually without complicated sets, elaborate costumes or even words...

Author: By Ira Fink, | Title: Graceful Contortions | 2/6/1975 | See Source »

Watergate has been one of the most demanding stories TIME has ever reported. For over two years, TIME'S Washington correspondents covered, and helped to unravel, the conspiracy. In critical phases - the Saturday Night Massacre, the impeachment hearings and Nixon's resignation - all 21 men and women in the bureau worked together to cover events and reaction. Leisurely weekends became a vague memory for those assigned to the story full time, since key newsbreaks so often came on Saturday nights and Sunday mornings, hours when sources were least accessible. Looking back from the perspective of last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 13, 1975 | 1/13/1975 | See Source »

...glimpse at the kind of muddling that goes into Abe's prose shows how much value he places in forcing the reader to unravel what should be simple statements...

Author: By Greg Lawless, | Title: The Box-Man Numbeth | 1/10/1975 | See Source »

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