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With that bit of banter, Minority Leader John Rhodes last week made his usual gracious speech conceding the speakership to Thomas ("Tip") O'Neill. The Speaker hardly needed the reminder that he leads a chamber that is dedicated just as much as the Senate to reducing federal deficits and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: In the House: A Little More Respect | 1/29/1979 | See Source »

For all their power, judges remain remarkably unaccountable and unknown. Most state judges are elected, but by voters who usually have no idea whom they are voting for. Federal judges are appointed for life; they can be removed only by a two-thirds vote of the Senate, and so far...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Have the Judges Done Too Much? | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

P--Salters 3 0-0 6; Flick 1 1-2 3; Jackson 1 0-0 2; Price 10 3-4 23; Smith 10 1-2 21; White 7 0-0 14; Kuhl 1 2-2 4; Willis 9 1-2 19; Reynolds 3 0-0 6; Ross 2 0-1...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Cagers Drop Pair To Penn, Princeton | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

The movie is not without curiosity value, however, for some of Hollywood's brightest figures have tried to whip it int shape The stars are Jane Fonda, James Caan and Jason Robards. The director is Alan J. Pakula (Klute, The Parallax View, All the President's Men), a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Tame West | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

Crews' penchant for the bizarre has been subdued in A Childhood. His father, whom he could not remember, becomes in retrospect a heroic if desolate figure, "fond of lying out with dry cattle" - that is, women who had never given birth. The minor characters are equally memorable: Willalee Bookatee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Like It Was | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

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