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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Within the framework imposed by the system he represented he was honorable. He was a man of his word. He stuck to his bargains-or, if he was obliged to change course, he did so with visible embarrassment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: Andrei Gromyko | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...Falwell's explanation of his move to politics seems simple: "God wanted me to look beyond Lynchburg. We cannot be isolationists. We've got to have the world upon our hearts." Falwell is a fundamentalist. "The entire Bible," he insists, "from Genesis to Revelation, is the inerrant word of God, and totally accurate in all respects." As Falwell reads Scripture, it stands foursquare against abortion, gay rights, feminism, excessive welfare programs, pornography, tolerance of Communist expansion and SALT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Politicizing the Word | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...tough and raucous film version of Quadrophenia, Townshend's ambitious chronicle of the battles between the mods and the rockers in the back streets and beach resorts of 1960s Britain. Much more, though, the appearance seems like a testing of the waters that turned into a tidal wave. Word is that The Who will be back in the States come December, making a wider swing along the East Coast and through the Midwest, and demonstrating that they can still sing "Hope I die before I get old" with passion and impunity. What a way to bring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A New Triumph for The Who | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...drama began last March, when the liberal monthly Progressive (circ. 40,000), also published in Madison, moved to print a 7,500 word treatise by Freelancer Howard Morland titled "The H-Bomb Secret: How We Got It, Why We're Telling It." Morland said at the time that the facts in his piece, culled from unclassified documents, were far too hazy to be used as an H-bomb blue print, yet were somehow considered "classified" by the U.S. Government. The U.S. Energy and Justice departments promptly swooped down to have the article enjoined from print- and the court battle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Letter Bomb | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...encounters with us, proved meticulously reliable. They never stooped to petty maneuvers; they did not haggle; they reached their bottom line quickly, explained it reasonably, and defended it tenaciously. They stuck to the meaning as well as the spirit of their undertakings. As Chou was fond of saying, "Our word counts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: THE CHINA CONNECTION | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

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