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Personnel-wise, the Terriers are without the services of their best line until the New Year. Center John Bethel is out with a knee injury, and wings Dave Silk and Bob Boileau are serving detention for disciplinary problems dating back to last spring...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Icemen Cross Charles For First 'Home' Game | 12/2/1978 | See Source »

...cannot, is an exercise in truly creative logic. Simply put, the analogy does not make sense; a newspaper does not print everything it can, but instead sells its services --its paper and ink and column rules and headlines--to a number of customers. Like any merchant, it is wise to be selective about its customers...

Author: By Peter Tufano, | Title: Taking Offense | 12/2/1978 | See Source »

...subject made her ideas-and her dumpy but 'somehow imposing figure topped by its . Buster Brown hairdo-famous around the world. By the time she died of cancer last week at the age of 76, Margaret Mead had become the grandmother of the global village, an all-wise matriarch whose often provocatively put, common-sense opinions were sought by millions. Her colleagues feel that no single individual will be able to fill her shoes. Says Paul Bohannan, president of the American Anthropological Association: "Margaret Mead was, in fact, a centipede; she had that many shoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Margaret Mead: 1901-1978 | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...would be wise to replace extremists in the agencies with individuals dedicated to a sen sible balance between economic development and regulatory protection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Rising Risks of Regulation | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...wise for Treasury Secretaries to check in regularly with the Saudis and discuss politely whatever financial problems may come up. On his weekend visit, Blumenthal pleaded with the Saudis to hold down any increase in oil prices that OPEC may decree next month. The U.S. is resigned to a 5% to 10% boost, but fears that a larger raise would damage a fragile world economy. The Saudis have been muttering about how nice it would be if the U.S. would sell them bonds with an exchange-rate guarantee that could be redeemed for more than their face value...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Saudis and the Dollar | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

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