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...decline, people are starving, the economy is slumping and the Arabs are taking over. January magazines, traditionally devoted in part to predictions for the new year, are generally portending large-scale doom. Their subject matter seems to be shifting from the personalities of the 60s to unseen, foreboding malevolent empires...

Author: By Nick Lemann, | Title: Invisible Forces | 1/17/1975 | See Source »

...Nouhan sportingly went along for a test ride, then accepted the plane as a trade-in for $1,300. After the flight, Nouhan learned to his horror that the pilot had no license. The auto dealer even gave a Michigan farmer $1,000 in trade for a menagerie, sight unseen, of sheep, cows and chickens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Offers He Couldn't Refuse | 1/13/1975 | See Source »

...United States must assume leadership in the struggle to meet increasing worldwide food demands in order to prevent a food crisis of unseen proportions within the next decade, Jean Mayer, professor of Nutrition at the School of Public Health, said last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mayer Calls Upon United States To Lead Fight Against Famine | 1/9/1975 | See Source »

...officers saw the upcoming attack as an opportunity to make names for themselves in the fierce competition for promotion. In their advance briefings, the officers "embellished" the situation to rouse the fighting spirit of their men, young and inexperienced G.I.s who were eager to gain revenge on an unseen and elusive enemy that was killing their buddies with mines and booby traps. The men had not been properly drilled in the rights of noncombatants, as laid down by the Geneva Convention and Army regulations. Worse, they knew that others in their outfit had got away with raping and killing Vietnamese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MILITARY: Closing the My Lai Case | 11/25/1974 | See Source »

None of the men bears a familiar face, but viewers would recognize Music's voice - he is the unseen doorman, Carlton, on Rhoda. As for Brooks, his cackle can be heard in the audience of many MTM shows, breaking up at his own jokes. With two good reasons: the gags are hilarious and, more significant, they are worth about $1,000 per punch line. Not so long ago, Brooks' rates were far less inflationary. He broke in as a junior writer at Wolper Productions. "The senior documentary writers used to call the juniors 'the animals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Hollywood's Hot Hyphens | 10/28/1974 | See Source »

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