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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Carter may be too good a man, suggested Bill. Carter just cannot handle those people in power. That could be, others agreed. Did you see the Congress on television a while back? asked Ted. Senators were acting like juveniles It was disgusting. Yes, said Doc, Carter may just not be fit for the Washington fight. There was sympathy but no suggestion of renewed faith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: The View from the Ideal Caf | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

That's news? Well, yes, in a way, because Lulu really was a lulu: the world's first "test-tube baby," as the tabloids proclaimed her, who in a revolutionary procedure was conceived outside the womb. The flaxen-haired girl not only was pretty but also had begun to talk at ten months. Said Truck Driver Father Jon Brown: "We think she's going to grow up into a very pretty blond and a very intelligent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 6, 1979 | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

Does this gratify Austin? Yes-and no. He shudders that millions of youngsters in the world, including some in the U.S., are growing up malnourished, and a number of them are suffering irreversible damage to the brain. "So what we have is a closed circle of poverty, malnutrition and brain damage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Executive View by Marshall Loeb: The Strength of Samson | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

...competency requirement for 1981 seniors, but there was more concern in the Empire State last week about another kind of testing-admissions exams for colleges and graduate schools. The issue: Should the questions and answers on these exams, which are traditionally wrapped in secrecy, be released for public scrutiny? Yes, said New York's Governor Hugh Carey, who signed a state law requiring that, as of next Jan. 1, the tests be made public 30 days after students learn the results. No, said most of the national testing groups, including the Princeton, N.J., Educational Testing Service, which administers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: . . .And New York | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

...soundtrack in what must surely be the most extraordinary case of film tinkering ever: he is readying a revised version of Close Encounters, one of the top ten grossers of all time, for release next spring. Besides trimming sequences and adding scenes, Spielberg plans to add new footage to, yes, the ending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Playing the End Game | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

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