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They do not have to wander far for inspiration. From their old wooden porch, the couple can see Lake Washington through the trees; their garden borders on the large Leschi Park, which is only a five-minute drive from downtown. Often the Wrangles go hiking in the nearby Cascades, and Dick roams the lake shore watching daily the mallards and fishermen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Slices of the Good Life | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

...restraint, the means by which human beings exercise their freedom. David's comparison of Claire's natural goodness with his own tormented personality suggests a kind of Calvinist philosophy in which there are the elect, those visited by natural grace, and those outside the pale who are doomed to wander in the shadows, vainly seeking salvation in each new relationship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Literature and Lust | 10/11/1977 | See Source »

People who come from the not-so-pretty streets of Cambridge must sometimes wander into the Yard, and read the names; they must sometimes wonder at the strange incongruity of it all. In another life, Ernesto "Che" Cuevara might have wandered into the Yard, cigar in mouth, and wondered. Or he may have been a student here, performing the strange dance, and then maybe he wouldn't have. Che Guevara was killed in Bolivia ten years ago today. He was trying to start a revolution...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: With Che in Cambridge | 10/8/1977 | See Source »

Worthy said hospital officials tried to force the tenants out of the building by turning off their heat and allowing a large German shepherd to wander in the hallways. Calling such actions "institutional imperialism," he said more people should organize and fight in similar situations

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Worthy Fights Institutions | 9/28/1977 | See Source »

Till now Diane Keaton has been able to wander down a Manhattan street with out drawing more than an occasional half-suspicious stare. She lets herself be kept waiting for two hours in a Southern California beach restaurant because the maitre d' cannot imagine that this tall, apologetic young woman in sunglasses and floppy clothes is someone who might merit his attention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Love, Death and La - De - Dah | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

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