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Dates: during 1970-1979
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They were often tall and fair-haired, with great drooping mustaches through which they guzzled goblets of wine. Known as much for their ballads as for their bellicosity, they held sway over Central Europe for 700 years, from about 800 B.C. until the 1st century B.C. Who were these roistering, rambunctious warrior-poets, these so-called Celts? Contemporary Greek and Roman writers disdained them as crude barbarians, and the early Celts did little to correct the slander. Preferring to pass on their exploits in heroic song and verse, they left no written history or literature and, alas, many questions about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Discovering a Celtic Tut | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

...been lazy," Debra Garrett, Crampton's press secretary said last night. "There were a lot of real issues in this campaign--real favoritism and corruption on Crane's part--that were lost in the Hatch-King glamor...oh, what have I said," Garrett giggled, sipping out of a wine glass...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Crane, Buczko, Connolly Win: 'A Night for the Democrats' | 11/8/1978 | See Source »

...pride and joy of Stoughton Hall, freshman Mary started in 1975 at right wing for the 2-10-3 unit under rookie coach Debi Field. She had to beat out a senior letterwinner to get the nod, but it was far from wine and roses for the talented towhead...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: Mary Howard: Captain and Character | 11/8/1978 | See Source »

...Pope does not smoke, drinks wine only occasionally, and cares nothing for food, dress, or social distinctions. Says a Catholic editor in Cracow: "He will eat anything that's put in front of him." Another friend adds in jest: "If the Italians knew about his taste in wines, they would never have agreed to have him as Pope." Father Mieczyslaw Malinski, a former classmate of the new Pope's and a longtime friend, notes that "he is a man without pretensions. His driver told me: 'I feel ashamed of the Cardinal. He is always so shabbily dressed. Look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Foreign Pope | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

...caused top California wine-men to pop their corks. BATF has already received three complaints from other winemakers and says it will act on them as quickly as possible. Officials at Sebastiani, one of the brands the ads show losing, say they are prepared to bring suit against Coke. Peter Mondavi, chief of Charles Krug Winery, questions the honesty of the ads. Says he: "It's deceiving the public to compare their premium wines with our table wines." Even some members of San Francisco's Vintners Club expressed surprise. Club Chairman Jerome C. Draper said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Coca-Cola's Full Court Press | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

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