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...best and brightest new chariots have power brakes and steering, automatic transmission, air conditioning, pushbutton everything, burnished walnut burl paneling, 18 layers of paint, bark-tanned glove-leather upholstery, gold-plated fixtures, eight-track stereo and, at extra cost, carpeting of ermine, mink or chinchilla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Autos That Make the Statusphere | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

Mickey Johnson, 24, was naturally anxious: she had never had a baby before. But everything seemed pleasantly reassuring. Instead of a cold, sterile delivery ward, she entered what might have been a cheery, yellow-tinted bedroom in suburbia furnished with rocking chairs and an old-fashioned walnut armoire. Well-tended plants hung from the ceiling. There was even a stereo to play Mickey's favorite music. During the long, painful hours of labor, she was free to get up and pace the corridors. Her husband Bruce was at her side during the critical moments of delivery. Almost immediately afterward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Special Delivery | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

Jerry Brown's wood chips, walnut shells and rice hulls ' might produce enough heat for the state capitol if they were baked until they emit organic gas, which is then collected and burned as fuel. But what are you going to use as fuel to bake them with, Jerry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 20, 1978 | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

According to California energy experts, once the wood chips and walnut shells are lit with a blowtorch or an electric hot rod, they continue to bake on their own and give off a steady supply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 20, 1978 | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

...small boy, I liked to play with toys too. But using windmills is like harnessing fleas when you have an elephant like nuclear energy available." Retorted Brown: "When Fulton invented the steamboat, people laughed. But people who have studied energy alternatives aren't laughing. They know that walnut shells actually work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Jerry-Built Energy Program | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

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