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Even if the measure is watered down or pigeonholed, the issue will come up again next year when a UNESCO commission of "wise men" led by former Irish Foreign Minister Sean MacBride completes an exhaustive study on the subject. In addition, the International Telecommunications Union will meet next fall to consider the first redistribution of world radio frequencies in 20 years. The frequencies are now dominated by the West and the Soviets. Third World nations are agitating for a better slice of the spectrum and for the right to block direct satellite broadcasting across national borders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Third World vs. Fourth Estate | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

...other goods, notably cars. Last week General Motors cut its year-end dividend to $2.50 a share, from $3.25 a year ago. GM officials formally clung to their prediction that car sales will total a near record 11.5 million next year, but added that high capital outlays make it wise for the company to conserve cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Battling the Inflation Bears | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

...Arthur dubs him the new Red Knight. Various adventures follow, with Perceval rescuing maidens, downing oppressors and entering enchanted houses. Invariably, however, he misconstrues good advice. When he does see the Holy Grail, he does not recognize it or ask about it, having been told by a wise old man that a good knight keeps his mouth shut. For that error he is cursed. He has become a knight, but lost his faith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Knight Errant | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

...Football-wise, the 1975 season marked the end of an age as well. Beginning the following September, the Ivy football schedule was moved back a week on the calendar and changed so as to allow the Ivy schools to open against one another...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: It Seems Like Only Yesterday, When. . . . . . 'Pineapple' Took It In . . . . . . and the Wobbly Duck Was Good | 11/18/1978 | See Source »

What? Who's chicken? Okay, wise guy, you asked for it! Just make sure your girdiron retards in New Haven bring their hankies because nobody calls Joe Restic a chicken and gets away with it! Later, loser...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Gimmick The Game? | 11/14/1978 | See Source »

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