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With Cambodia it's an old dilemma--do we look at events in Indochina as Americans with liberal values or as the Indochinese must look at them? The Khmer Rouge can certainly no longer meet with our approval on our own terms, because they violate our feeling that anything worthy...

Author: By Nick Lemann, | Title: Cambodia and Crimson Politics | 9/1/1975 | See Source »

Sam, having been taught by the rabbi from Bessarabia, gave lavishly to charity and urged his children to do the same. The family gave a $1 million wing to the Israel Museum, and still donates at least another $1 million annually to various worthy institutions. For the making of more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Growth of a Family Empire | 8/25/1975 | See Source »

Some linguistic purists wrongly fear slang and neologisms: these are the life signs of a language, its breath on the mirror. The danger now is something that seems new and ominous: an indifference to language, a devaluation that leaves it bloodless and zombie-like. It is as if language had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: CAN'T ANYONE HERE SPEAK ENGLISH? | 8/25/1975 | See Source »

Steamy Climate. With a double standard worthy of Hollywood's old Hays Office, the networks have apparently raised few objections to the season's seven new crime shows. They start at 9, which is shown by Nielsen to be almost as much of a children's viewing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: No Time for Comedy | 8/25/1975 | See Source »

Most coaches know this and take steps to protect their players against heat stroke. But some apparently reason that only those who survive the rigors of preseason workouts are worthy of playing for them. For these coaches, Knochel facetiously suggests seven surefire ways to kill a football player. They are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Seven Ways to Kill a Football Player | 8/25/1975 | See Source »

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