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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Warnings about nutrients left out of the diet are as grave as those about pollutants included. Scotch and beer have joined the list of potables that may contain dangerous chemicals. So has mother's milk, in which PCBS have turned up. Birth defects could be linked to caffeine from coffee or any source, it was reported just last month. Even peanut butter, as an occasional bearer of aflatoxin, has been flagged as a menace. Driving? Fasten the seat belt- unless discouraged by warnings that most of them do not work. On the road, even rest-room signs often gratuitously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Living Happily Against the Odds | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

...majority of the nation's apartment dwellers who do not have fireplaces, there are a few alternatives. Space heaters are selling well, though fire departments warn of dangers from liquid fuel and certain electric models. Safer and cheaper by far are the 79? sheets of transparent plastic offered as "indoor storm windows." Used in combination with Mortite and other caulking compounds (some offered in decorator colors), they can effectively seal out drafts around window frames, balcony doors and air-conditioning units. One Chicago store shows shoppers a quick how-to-do-it movie to help them with installation. Insulated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Hotlines and Comforters | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

Even if the Faculty approves them, the new rules won't go into effect for two years, because the administration needs time to warn secondary schools, a spokesman for the council said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Magic Number | 12/8/1979 | See Source »

...fellow spy, as the "third man," who had tipped the two that they were about to be caught. Philby had by then followed Burgess and Maclean to Moscow. But Boyle claims that it was Blunt who was the tipster, phoning Burgess on May 25, 1951, a Friday, to warn him that British authorities would begin interrogating Maclean the following Monday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Tinker, Tailor, Curator, Spy | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...measure, proposed by New York Congressman Ted Weiss and curiously dubbed truth in testing, that would require national aptitude testing companies to disclose test questions and answers shortly after tests are given. Scheduled for consideration by Congress next year, the measure has drawn heavy opposition from testing organizations, which warn that the costs to students will go up and the number of days on which tests are offered will go down if testmakers must draw up new exams more frequently than they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Getting Testy | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

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