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The desperado Reagan was chasing in the Florida primary was only Gerry Ford, stumbling, bumbling, but still president--and staid Republicans love their incumbents. Reagan got his voters committed early--it looked like he was off to a steaming start--but the Republicans on the patios sat back undecided and...

Author: By Thomas S. Blanton, | Title: Death Valley Went for Reagan | 3/13/1976 | See Source »

Fading Dream. Those buoyant days are now long gone. Literally and symbolically, the carnations have wilted. The wall slogans have grown strident. A revolution that began by freeing Portugal from a dictatorship of the far right is rapidly evolving into a dictatorship of the far left. In Portugal, the dream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: Western Europe's First Communist Country? | 8/11/1975 | See Source »

The government wilted under the public outcry, and the press reported that "at last the conspiracy to hush up this scandal is breaking down." On Nov. 12, 1889, a warrant was issued for Lord Arthur's arrest, but by then he had left the country. Some experts say that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HISTORICAL NOTES: Sex and Those Eminent Victorians | 3/24/1975 | See Source »

The film makers were at pains to include footage in which Joplin talks about "feeling good." She comes off like Little Miss Good vibes, a wild flower of the love generation who wilted for reasons unspecified. Far worse than being merely sentimental, Janis is dishonest, dishonoring her talent by dismissing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Pieces of Dreams | 3/10/1975 | See Source »

Monty Python's Flying Circus is a group effort centered around John Cleese, who, like the rest, is sliced from the Oxbridge fruitcake mold. There are some barriers to enjoying it--Monty Python's humor is based on a parody of British television, and although American TV is close enough...

Author: By Paul K. Rowe, | Title: Of Budgies and Spain | 1/29/1975 | See Source »

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